fusion reactor equipment

The fusion reactor generates plasma from fusion power cells, fluoroketone (cold), and electricity. The plasma can be used in a fusion generator to generate power. Unlike the nuclear reactor, a fusion fuel cell usage scales with the plasma output, so no energy is lost. At full power draw, a single fusion power cell will be consumed in 400 seconds. A single reactor can output 100 MW worth of plasma.

A reactor requires 10 MW of power to generate plasma. As such, starting a reactor setup requires some external power, but once plasma is in the generators, the reactor setup can power itself.

Fluoroketone is not permanently consumed by a fusion reactor setup; it is used as a coolant. The coolant is (effectively) converted into an equal amount of plasma by the reactor, and the generator produces hot fluoroketone based on how much plasma the generator consumes, so any cold fluoroketone consumed by a reactor will be regenerated by the generator. To keep the loop going, a cryogenic plant must cool the hot fluoroketone back to cold before recirculating it into the reactor.

Each reactor consumes at most 4 cold fluoroketone per second, multiplied by its quality bonus. Assuming no modules are used, 1 cryogenic plant of a given quality can cool enough fluoroketone for one reactor of the same quality.