Beam Tower

The Beam Tower is a power-transmitting block that creates long, automatic orthogonal power links in the four cardinal directions. When placed, a Beam Tower immediately establishes connections to all blocks within 23 tiles straight up, down, left, and right; these links are formed automatically and cannot be manually toggled or managed. Beam Towers also conduct power to all adjacent blocks and function as a local power buffer, storing a small amount of energy that is discharged when the grid goes negative so connected consumers can keep operating at full efficiency for a short time.

Beam Towers behave like classic Mindustry orthogonal nodes: connections only extend along cardinal directions and mirror the transmission behavior from Mindustry Classic. They can receive power from non-orthogonal sources (for example, Power Source or Power Void) and will still transmit that power along their orthogonal beams. Unlike Batteries, Beam Towers and Beam Nodes do not produce sparks when destroyed while holding charge. Any Plastanium Wall severing a beam link will cut the connection; those links cannot be manually reconnected after being severed.

Practical notes and interactions:

• Placement: Because beams automatically reach 23 tiles in cardinal directions, place Beam Towers to form long straight power backbones or to bridge gaps where conventional angled node layouts are undesirable.
• Buffering: Use Beam Towers as small emergency buffers to keep critical production or turret blocks operating briefly during power dips; they discharge automatically when the grid becomes negative.
• Grid separation: Beam Towers can participate in separate power grids. They can be used to share stored power between grids when strategically placed to connect otherwise distinct networks.
• Vulnerability: Plastanium Walls sever beam connections, so avoid routing key beams behind destructible Plastanium Wall segments or intentionally use walls to isolate grids.
• Compatibility: Beam Towers work with adjacent conductors and blocks in the same manner as other transmitters but maintain strictly orthogonal long-range links for rapid, instant transmission across their beam paths.