Editing Toxic wastepack

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| name = Toxic wastepack
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| description = A compacted package of toxic waste that will slowly dissolve if not frozen. The surface is heat-sealed for safe transport. Wastepacks will pollute the surrounding terrain if they dissolve, deteriorate, or are otherwise destroyed. Toxic wastepacks are flammable. If burned or damaged, they will release tox gas.
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| hp = 100
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'''Toxic wastepacks''' are waste products created by mech-related buildings or the cleanup of [[polluted]] tiles.

== Acquisition ==
[[Pollution pump]]s and pawns manually cleaning [[pollution]] on the ground will generate wastepacks, at a rate of 1 wastepack per 6 polluted tiles. Wastepacks may also be dropped into your colony as part of a [[Quests#Wastepack_Dumping|quest]].

===Mechanoid Recharging and Gestation===
Toxic wastepacks are produced when [[friendly mechanoids]] utilize [[mech recharger]]s or [[large mech recharger]]s, or whenever a [[mech gestator]] or [[large mech gestator]] finishes gestating one. The amount of wastepacks produced is proportional to the Bandwidth of the mech recharged or gestated.
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== Summary ==
Up to 5 toxic wastepacks can fit into 1 tile, and they do not fit on [[shelf|shelves]]. 

===Pollution===
When a wastepack is destroyed in any fashion, they will pollute 6 ground tiles of a colony, per wastepack. A full stack of 5 wastepacks pollutes 30 tiles. This pollution can spread through constructed [[wall]]s, but will not bypass natural stone walls.

When burned or damaged, wastepacks release [[tox gas]], in addition to the pollution.

When dumped from a [[caravan]] or sent via unmanned [[transport pod]], wastepacks will lower the [[goodwill]] of a nearby faction or the faction base that you polluted. The goodwill loss is proportional to the amount of waste dumped: −1 goodwill for just a few  packs nearby, −60 or more for multiple pods filled with wastepacks dumped directly on a base. Factions may retaliate by dropping wastepacks back at you, and hostile factions may send an additional [[raid]].

Wastepacks dumped on the world map immediately pollute the world tile by 0.05%, requiring 2000 wastepacks to completely pollute a hex from 0% to 100%.

===Dissolving===
1 wastepack per stack will dissolve every 8 days, with the following factors:
* 0.5x if indoors.
* 2x if in [[Weather|rain]] and outdoors, even if [[roof]]ed.
* 0x if {{Temperature|0}} or lower. Any temperature above freezing point will not slow the dissolving of the wastepack.

The packs also deteriorate in the same way as all other items. As an example, 5 Toxic wastepacks left out in the rain will dissolve 1 wastepack after 4 days and deteriorate the rest over the course of the next day or so as they lose HP at a rate of 20 per day outside in the rain. This means that even if temperature is below freezing when left outside or unroofed, a wastepack will slowly lose HP and eventually be destroyed, releasing the pollution inside. Unlike most other items, deterioration leaves behind the pollution inside rather than deleting the item altogether. 

== Analysis ==
===Storage===
A 7x7 room holds 245 wastepacks, and can be cooled by a single [[cooler]] in a double-walled room, and is effective up to an outside temperature of {{Temperature|41}}. 245 wastepacks are enough storage:
*To constantly run 8 [[bandwidth]] worth of [[mechanoid creation|mechanoids]] for 1 entire year, 4 bandwidth of mechs for 2 years...
*To store the waste of 2 [[toxifier generator]]s for ''6 years''. A [[pollution pump]], or a pawn cleaning the pollution by hand, is required to turn ground pollution into wastepacks.
Depending on [[biome|climate]] and freezer setup, you can get more storage with 1 cooler. And this is 1 cooler - worth {{Required Resources|Cooler}} and {{Q|Cooler|Power Consumption}} W of [[power]] (plus the material for [[wall]]s and [[door]]s). You can easily use multiple coolers to store your waste. This gives you enough time to get a form of waste disposal ready.

===Disposal===
[[File:urxiy5rm3nw91.jpg|thumb|400px|right|<small>credit to /u/BenightedAlizar on r/rimworld</small>]]
Most means of destroying wastepacks have some sort of consequence:

*'''Letting it pollute.''' Pollution is localized - wastepacks that deteriorate or dissolve away from your base won't have an impact, at least for a while. [[Insectoid]]s may come as wastepacks are destroyed, and [[acidic smog]] can happen at high enough pollution levels.
*'''Dumping it offsite.''' Dumping near a [[faction base]] (up to 41 tiles?{{Check Tag|Safe distance?}}) will lower [[goodwill]] proportional to distance, wastepacks, and current goodwill. Wastepacks may also be dropped back at you, and if the faction is already hostile, you may start a [[raid]]. Dumping within 4 tiles of your colony will increase the chance for acidic smog.
**'''[[Caravan]]s''' take time and food to set up, and have a limited carrying capacity - especially without [[pack animal]]s or [[friendly mechanoids]]. 
**'''[[Transport pod]]s''' can dump wastepacks far away. You can choose which faction to anger, or possibly dump it away from anybody. 1 pod, which can store up to 25 wastepacks, costs {{icon small|steel||50}}, {{icon small|component||1}}, and variable {{icon small|chemfuel}} [[chemfuel]].
**'''[[Shuttle]]s''' {{RoyaltyIcon}} store up to 166 wastepacks (1000kg) at a time, and simply transporting waste will not anger the [[Empire]] - dumping it has the usual penalties. This costs 1 permit slot, has a cooldown of 40 days, and requires a [[noble]] pawn of at least Knight/Dame rank. This permit can theoretically support up to 5 bandwidth without honor costs (although the realistic value is slightly smaller).
*'''[[Wastepack atomizer]]s''' have no direct consequences from their use. However, they require a precious [[nano structuring chip]] to create, a fair amount of [[power]], and aren't fast. One atomizer can support 4.8 [[bandwidth]] of mechanoids - a [[mechanitor]] is very likely to have more.
*'''[[Polux tree]]s''', which are another clean form of pollution removal. These trees only grow naturally if there is plenty of pollution already, though [[polux seed|seeds]] can be bought from traders. They clean only 20% as fast as a [[Wastepack atomizer]], and can only clean if there is no artificial buildings in the area, but will erase [[pollution]] directly from the ground. This is also a downside for dealing with future pollution, as these trees do not stop wastepack infestations.

== Gallery ==
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File:Wastepack_a.png
File:Wastepack_b.png
File:Wastepack_c.png
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== Version history ==
* [[Biotech DLC]] Release - Added
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Added more consequences for dumping near a [[faction base]].

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