Refinement - the must-have ladder
Plasma phase ionizer
Where the economy hands its output directly to the fleet.
Plasma phase ionizerThe ionizer is the bridge between industry and propulsion: gas goes in as inventory and comes out as something an engine will accept.
It is also the least forgiving converter on any surface. It does not fail gracefully, it fails expensively.
What it does
Converts gas stacks to plasma at the same tier, changing matter state only. Requires Plasma phase transfer and Tier 3 processing research plus all four refineries.
Requirements
- Solid refinery · level 1 or higher
- Liquid refinery · level 1 or higher
- Gas refinery · level 1 or higher
- Plasma refinery · level 1 or higher
- Tier 3 processing · level 1 or higher
- Plasma phase transfer · level 1 or higher
Level 1 cost
- Pig iron4,080
- Crystal2,040
- alloy-pig-crystalTier 240
- vapor-frubin-orizinTier 224
- Maximum level
- 10
Unlocks
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Plasma phase ionizer. Where the economy hands its output directly to the fleet.. Converts gas stacks to plasma at the same tier, changing matter state only. Requires Plasma phase transfer and Tier 3 processing research plus all four refineries.