Setting Up the Singularity Engine

Setting up the Singularity Engine.
So, you have decided to play as an Engineer that actually does their job instead of stealing the RCD and going crazy? Good decision, hopefully the Station won't lose power as often now.

Right, the first thing you need to do is get yourself a Rig Suit. There is one on a rack in the power control room. That's the small room at the top left of Engineering you usually go into to steal things from storage.

Okay, so you have your Rig Suit on. You're now ready to start up the containment field. You did remember to grab an Oxygen tank from the dispenser right? Okay, put your PDA into your storage slot 1, your toolbelt into your belt slot, (The one that had the PDA in it) and remove your engineering rucksack and put your Oxygen tank there. Remember to put on a mask and open the valve on the tank.

Now you are ready. Leave via the one of the two airlocks at the bottom of Engineering, next to the Radiation Collectors. I suggest you walk out here as one slip could send you drifting. Remember that you can change your drift direction by throwing something in the direction you want to go away from. Your toolbelt has a large variety of useful objects. (note - you will need your wrench, screwdriver, and wires.)

So you are outside, and you haven't frozen or suffocated. Great job. You will see a bunch of useless grates, some wires, and a sort of turret-looking thing. The only thing of interest to you right now is the Field Emitter, that's the turret. Click it with an empty hand to turn it on. You do not want to stand in front of it when it fires as the laser will burn your eyes. Also, don't stand too close for long, it tends to emit sparks which will burn your skin and knock you flying. There are four of these to set up. Don't bother taking the extras from storage, these four will work just fine on their own.

Right, the Emitters are all turned on, and the strange pillars now have a green bar. Go click the pillars with an empty hand, remembering that lasers blind you. If at any time you are within one square of an activated Generator or the field between two Generators, you will be electrocuted, you will go flying, your heart may stop from the electrocution. Lucky for you, these Generators take a second to start up once you click them. Use the time to get away from any danger areas. Getting stuck inside the completed Containment Field is a VERY stupid thing to do, and if this happens you deserve to get eaten by the singularity when someone else turns it on.

Okay, the Confield is up. Time to setup the Particle Accelerator.

The Particle Accelerator is in the room in the center of Engineering. Make sure you have your Meson Goggles on. There is a pair on the floor just outside this room on the left. Use the wrench to secure all of the pieces in their original positions. If (when) you push a piece, pull and rotate it back into position. (Right click the piece to do these) Once you have all of these pieces secured, you need to add some wiring to each piece. Do so. Now, close all of the panels with your screwdriver. Good job, the Particle Accelerator is now ready to go.

Before you can start up the Accelerator, you must first make sure you are getting power from this whole setup, otherwise all your work was for nought. Take five Plasma Tanks from the dispenser in the power control room, now put them in the Radiation Collectors (click the empty-ish space on the collector with a Plasma tank in hand) and then turn them on. (click the green button with an empty hand) A purple screen should slide out of the collector when activated.

Now go and setup the SMES units in the power control room. That's the three large white things with meters and buttons at the top of this room. You'll want to set the Input to 100,000 and click Auto, then set the output to 30,000 and click Online. This will ensure that these SMES units (essentially giant rechargable batteries) output enough power to run the station, whilst taking in enough to store in case of emergency. (if you mess up with the singularity)

You are now ready to start up the giant swirling vortex of doom.

Go back to the Particle Accelerator. Click the control panel with an empty hand. Set the power to 2 (maximum) and turn it On. Now head to the bottom of the room. You will see bursts of particles exiting the emitter and flying towards the Singularity Generator. Now we play the waiting game.

Once the singularity forms, it is but a tiny 1x1 reddish baby vortex. Aww, so cute! But it is of no use to us at this point. Wait some more.

"Oh wow, it grew! it is now a reddish 3x3 vortex." Nice, but not quite good enough. Wait some more. (This is the point at which most people turn down the power. This does not work. Nine times out of ten, the Singularity will shrink to 1x1 and you will get no electricity)

"Oh gods, it's beautiful! The singularity is now a massive 5x5 purple vortex. It is perfect!" Do not worry, you are perfectly safe as long as the containment field stays on and you are wearing Meson Goggles. Now is the time to turn down the power. Go back to the Accelerator control panel. Leave the Accelerator On, but turn the power down to Zero.

Congratulations! You have just setup the Singularity Engine! Electricity for all!

But wait, more power is needed. Keep your Rig Suit and O2, and grab a few coils of wire. It's time for Setting up the Solar Arrays.

"I forgot to turn the power down... The singularity just grew into a giant purple-ish blue 7x7 vortex of doom." You sir, are screwed. Call the emergency shuttle - if you can. This thing pulls EVERYTHING in range towards it. Including things that are bolted or welded to the station. Such as the containment field generators. It is now free. It even rips walls from the floor. Engineering now has no atmosphere. Called that shuttle yet?