Station Engineer
Engineering
Station Engineer
- Access: Unknown
- Difficulty: Medium
- Duties: Maintain and fix the Station, make sure the power doesn't go out.
- Supervisors: Chief Engineer
- Subordinates: None
- Guides: [TBA]
The station engineers are in charge of rebuilding walls, fixing windows, repairing airlocks and stopping hull breaches (spaced areas).
Starting out
Head to the nearest engineering locker and open it. You'll need the insulated gloves in there to protect you from electric shocks while screwing around with wires. Next equip your hardsuit and hardsuit helmet although you technically don't need the helmet since for some reason the suit alone protects against space . It's also recommended that you take a stack each of Lv (Low-voltage), Mv (Medium Voltage) and Hv (High-Voltage) wires in case of a localized power outage. You could take half a stack of metal and glass, however they are better reserved for common usage (so don't keep them in your backpack unless you know you are going to use them soon).
Power 101: Setting up the power
The Antimatter Engine Reactor
The Antimatter Engine Reactor (usually called AME) is the main source of power in the station. First grab the AME parts from the Packaged antimatter reactor crate and place them in a rectangle/square formation (note that the square/rectangle must be of at least 3x3, otherwise it won't work).
Take your multitool from your belt and click on each one of the AME parts. This will unpack them and spawn an unpassable, indestructible AME shielding. Now open the antimatter control unit crate which will release an AME Controller. Drag it near the generator a wrench it. Now take an AME fuel jar from the antimatter containment jar crate and place it in the AME Controller.
Open the AME Controller menu and click on "Toggle injection" bellow the "Engine Status:" text. If the AME and the AME Controller light up then it's currently generating power. Increase the injection amount to be double of the amount of cores; for example: if you have 2 cores click on "Increase" until the "Injection ammount:" reaches 4. The AME should be making "bonks" every now and then.
Congratulations, the AME is now set up!
