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In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 6:33 pm
by DeutscherMajor
So I played a round as a solo ALIUM a while ago, and choose drone. You start with like 50 plasma stored, and i wasted it all in my first action, destroying an airlock. So, without weeds, i dont regenerate it, so i needed to find another source. I ventcrawled into the athmos system, specifically into the toxins chamber, and instantly generated 5000 (i think thats the maxcap) stored plasma, and i could instantevolve into queen.

My question is, knowing how powerfull that can be, if I am allowed to unwrench the in and out pipe of toxins in athmos, when i hear someone shouting "ALIUM!" in radio.

edit: I adminhelped in that situation, but i assume the admin was at that time afk, so i got no answer.

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 6:36 pm
by Steelpoint
That is a really edge case scenario that I don't think will ever really be a problem, unlike the AI, Aliens do very well on their own.

Not to mention its a really ingenious scenario, never thought to try it. But aside from spitting out thousands of weeds its not a massive advantage, considering a Drone can quickly get enough plasma to evolve into a Queen.

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:43 am
by Jordie0608
Seeing as xenos can easily get into those chambers without the pipes I wouldn't say there's much against unwrenching the pipes provided you have reason to believe there are actually xenos around.

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:03 am
by tuypo1
are we talking about the same plasma chamber here last i checked xenos cant destroy r walls.

I myself would prefer to ready the chanber to burn the first thing to enter.

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:29 am
by Jordie0608
The external gas tanks in atmos have a single window in them, they're not rwalls all the way around.

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:46 pm
by Shadowlight213
If you see a xeno in the plasma tank, ask the AI to overload lights in atmos and watch them burn

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:52 pm
by whodaloo
the plasma tank is pure plasma and won't ignite without oxygen

idiot

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:03 pm
by Shadowlight213
Pipe oxygen into the tank, then ignite?

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:16 pm
by whodaloo
I guess you could just reconfigure the filters and then pump oxygen into the waste loop

the queen would probably notice you dicking with pipes though

EDIT: now that I think about it if there's an alien in the plasma tank I think you could just unwrench the in and out plasma pipes and it'd be stuck in there? you'd have to catch them in the act but wrenching is faster than ventcrawling

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:59 pm
by Saegrimr
Ventcrawler can escape out of broken pipes.

If you really want to trap em in there, move a little further down the line and replace a pipe with a vent then weld it.

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:06 pm
by whodaloo
or you could close it off with those tacky heat exchanger guys. the big ones not the junctions

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:55 pm
by Shadowlight213
They wouldn't be trapped though as they could just break the window

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 12:44 am
by whodaloo
I thought the windows in the atmos air tanks had those snowflake walls under them
I guess I'm wrong

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:24 am
by kevinz000
>5000 plasma
Now you can lay 25/50 eggs depending on if it's 200 or 100

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:15 am
by tuypo1
Jordie0608 wrote:The external gas tanks in atmos have a single window in them, they're not rwalls all the way around.
oh yes I forgot about that
whodaloo wrote:the plasma tank is pure plasma and won't ignite without oxygen

idiot
don't xenos create oxygen from breathing plasma the same way humans create c02

of course it wont be anywhere near enough to have a burn for any decent amount of time.

Re: In case of ALIUM, cut toxins.

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:20 am
by tuypo1
one time I saw a larva in the plasma tank and wanted to burn it but the crew was all no wheres theres one theres always more and said we had to escape

of course now I know atmos better I would be able to quickly burn them then escape