Phase Drift Reactor

A FICSIT R&D prototype that taps coherence gradients in the planetary information field. No fuel required.

HOW IT WORKS
• Every running production building, active conveyor belt, and power pole within 96m counts as 1 "entropy event" per tick. Each event contributes 0.5 MW. Floor: 2 MW at zero activity.
• Underground / enclosed PDRs (no line-of-sight to the open sky) produce 1.6x more.
• Two or more PDRs within 256m of each other on the same power grid "phase-lock" and stack their output: 2 = 1.45x, 3 = 1.85x, 4 = 2.20x, 5 = 2.40x, 6+ = 2.50x.
• Tier 3 gets a +25 event bonus (12.5 MW) when a Time Crystal is stored within 96m.
• After 30 minutes as the SOLE producer on a grid, the device begins a 1-hour ramp-down to 0%. Adding any non-PDR generator to the grid resets this.

TIERS
• T0 Coherence Tap — 50 MW cap — Hub Tier 4 — 50 RIP / 20 Frame / 10 Cable
• T1 Phase Anchor — 200 MW cap — Hub Tier 6 — 200 RIP / 80 Frame / 40 Cable / 20 Rotor / 10 Stator
• T2 Drift Coil — 500 MW cap — Hub Tier 8 — adds high-speed wire + lightweight motors
• T3 Entropic Resonator — 1000 MW cap — AWESOME shop — adds quantum oscillators + dark matter + time crystals

UNLOCK
Single schematic in AWESOME shop rotation after Hub Tier 4. Coupon cost 50.

LORE
FICSIT Phlogiston Division — Dr. Halvar Kølle — recovered from cargo crate 7.