Sun blocker
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Sun blocker
An ultratech machine that generates a sheet of exotic fields at high altitude, turning the sky opaque and blocking the sun.
Base Stats
- Type
- Building – Mechanoid cluster
- HP
- 1500
- Flammability
- 0%
Building
- Size
- 6 × 4
- Placeable
- False
- Passability
- impassable
- Cover Effectiveness
- 75%
- Blocks Wind
- True
- Destroy yield
60 + 
1 + 
10 + 
4
Sun blockers are mechanoid cluster and quest condition causers that block all sunlight, preventing natural plant growth. As a world event, it blocks the sun in a 10 world-tile radius.
Analysis
Sun blockers can be very helpful when combined with the Combat in Darkness: Prefered precept 
, providing a massive accuracy boost when outside. However, sun blockers still come with the work and move speed penalties in darkness (negated by Lighting: Darklight Prefered), and prevent regular crop growth (though nutrifungus can). All three come with penalties or restrictions while the sun still shines, but Fluid ideoligions can add memes / precepts after a sunblocker lands.
Trivia
When generated as part of a quest site, the site will not contain any electrical equipment, as these are usually powered by solar panels.
Verison history
- 1.3.3101 - Sun blockers now avoided if any colonist or prisoner has an ideoligion with Darkness or Tunneler.