Alien Thermal Plant
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The schematic indicates the weapon was to be powered by a separate, self-sustaining power plant, located elsewhere on the planet. The location is not listed, but there is evidence the designers intended to harness the planet's natural thermal energy.
― PDA, Data Downloads

The Precursor Thermal Power Generator is the smallest of the four Precursor Bases and will be found in the Inactive Lava Zone, within the Lava Castle. It was built around one thousand years ago.
The generator seems to be the source of power for most of the Precursor technology on the planet.
Data Bank Entry
This system converts thermal energy to electric current at 90% efficiency. Some of this energy is chemically stored onsite, while unknown mechanisms appear to be transferring most of it to remote locations elsewhere on the planet: 30% Stored for emergency use The system appears to be fully automated and - given current understanding of the mechanisms involved - uninterruptible. Facility locations have been downloaded to individual memory cards to generate HUD-mounted signals. |
Future Plans
- Drillable Ion Crystals will be found in this base.[1]
- The thermal reactor will be scannable to reveal the log seen above.
- The signal for it will be inplemented in the Disease Research Facility.
Gallery
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- SN Precursor Thermal Reactor 01
Thermal Reactor FX
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References
- ↑ https://trello.com/c/XJ3CZkAa/5862-barebones-first-playable-story Dated September 1st, 2016.