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Post by cyborgleopard on Jun 14, 2017 14:41:14 GMT
To make an RTG with just 100g of the stuff will set you back 4.14 exacredits. There's no way this isn't some kind of bug.
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Post by AdmiralObvious on Jun 14, 2017 15:11:53 GMT
I asked the same thing before. It's probably not actually a bug, it's just an extremely rare Isotope, and a huge pain to create in any notable quantity.
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Post by bigbombr on Jun 14, 2017 15:32:02 GMT
I asked the same thing before. It's probably not actually a bug, it's just an extremely rare Isotope, and a huge pain to create in any notable quantity. Just like most people, I very rarely use RTG's. But when I do, I use graphene encapsulated Po-210. Because Po-210 is cheap, and generates a decent amount of power for fairly little mass, but has a low melting point. |
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Post by qswitched on Jun 14, 2017 18:54:17 GMT
The cost is expected. Nearly all Pu-244 left from the solar system formation has decayed (80 million year half life). Additionally, it is not produced in any usable quantities in any nuclear fuel cycle at all, so it can't be produced in a breeder reactor. In fact, the only reasonable way to produce large quantities of it is to repeatedly detonate nuclear weapons and collect the byproducts.
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Post by RiftandRend on Jun 15, 2017 0:18:13 GMT
The cost is expected. Nearly all Pu-244 left from the solar system formation has decayed (80 million year half life). Additionally, it is not produced in any usable quantities in any nuclear fuel cycle at all, so it can't be produced in a breeder reactor. In fact, the only reasonable way to produce large quantities of it is to repeatedly detonate nuclear weapons and collect the byproducts. If it's so difficult to acquire, why have it in the game at all? |
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Post by thorneel on Jun 15, 2017 0:33:19 GMT
The cost is expected. Nearly all Pu-244 left from the solar system formation has decayed (80 million year half life). Additionally, it is not produced in any usable quantities in any nuclear fuel cycle at all, so it can't be produced in a breeder reactor. In fact, the only reasonable way to produce large quantities of it is to repeatedly detonate nuclear weapons and collect the byproducts. If it's so impossible to use, why have it in the game at all? That's enough of a reason to me... |
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Post by cyborgleopard on Jun 15, 2017 2:30:49 GMT
Maybe Q has some plan to initiate some kind of economy system; and maybe if enough nukes are used in battle the price of PU-244 drops and becomes a viable RTG fuel.
"Years were spent developing a viable PU-244 RTG. When the designs were brought to the cheif engineer of the RPF's fleet, he stared in shock, screamed 'WHY' and subsequently dropped dead on the spot."
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Post by RiftandRend on Jun 15, 2017 2:36:14 GMT
Good luck breaking 1 watt without limit editing  |
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