Astrobiology
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Life from Mars: sort the samples, read their genes, grow the xenoflora, and seed bare ground.
Opens: the ◯ Jezero site is open.
By hand: Sort samples gives 1 sample, free.
| Building | What it is | First one costs | Each one does | Opens when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⍰ Sample lab | Opens the sealed tubes one at a time and sorts what is in them. | 60 🝛 alloy, 100 ♂︎ metal, 3 ⛭ parts | +1.25 ⦵ samples/s, +0.5 ⚝ data/s | with the tab | |
| ⧠ Clean room | Filtered air and white suits: nothing from Earth gets at the samples while their genes are read. | 120 ♂︎ metal, 6 ▱ plates, 40 ⦵ samples | turns 0.5 ⦵ samples/s into 0.4 ⦚ gene data/s + 0.25 𓏛 knowledge/s, only as far as its inputs allow, uses 3W | ☊ Astrobiology researched | on/off |
| ⌺ Gene bank | Racks of sealed tubes and drives: room for samples, gene data, xenoflora and biomass. | 80 🝛 alloy, 8 ▱ plates, 30 ⦚ gene data | +300 ⦵ samples storage, +300 ⦚ gene data storage, +200 ❧ xenoflora storage, +200 ⬬ biomass storage | ☊ Astrobiology researched | |
| ❅ Cryo store | Deep cold that keeps cultures and seed alive for years. | 100 🝛 alloy, 10 ▱ plates, 60 ⦚ gene data | +10 ⌼ cultures storage, +5 ⁙ seed stock storage, +3 ♁ terraforming seeds storage, uses 2W | 215 𓏛 knowledge and ☊ Astrobiology researched | on/off |
| ⩸ Xenoflora beds | Beds of washed Martian soil under grow lights, sown from the samples. A garden again. | 60 ▩ Martian soil, 40 ⦵ samples, 80 🜄 water | turns 0.25 ⦵ samples/s + 0.5 🜄 water/s into 1 ❧ xenoflora/s, only as far as its inputs allow | ⚲ Xenobotany researched | on/off |
| ⏀ Bioreactor | Green tanks where the xenoflora is grown on into biomass. | 100 ♂︎ metal, 3 ⛭ parts, 30 ❧ xenoflora | turns 0.5 ❧ xenoflora/s into 0.75 ⬬ biomass/s, only as far as its inputs allow, uses 2W | ⚲ Xenobotany researched | on/off |
| ⏦ Biogas plant | Rots biomass down and burns the gas for power. | 120 ♂︎ metal, 4 ⛭ parts, 40 ⬬ biomass | turns 0.2 ⬬ biomass/s into 5W, only as far as its inputs allow | 220 𓏛 knowledge and ⚲ Xenobotany researched | on/off |
| ◠ Biodome | A living dome: the xenoflora keeps its air and grows food, and four workers live under it. It feeds on biomass; with none, it stands empty. | 1 ⬓ habitat modules, 60 ⬬ biomass, 60 🝛 alloy | +4 workers (housing), +1.5 𓎟 crops/s, upkeep 0.05 ⬬ biomass/s | ⊜ Terraforming researched | on/off |
Each further copy costs 15% more than the last. Selling a building gives back half of what the last one cost.