Smelter

Building

Smelter
Type	Building
Description	Makes Metal
Placement Requirement	Can't build on aliens' claims. Can't build in aliens' jurisdiction.
Note	Shops determine number of processes.
Structural Requirements
Arena	Ok
Auditorium	Ok
Battery	Ok
Commodity Storage	1m³ Space Required
Field Area	Ok
Generator	No
Guard Post	No
Home, Large	Ok
Home, Medium	Ok
Home, Small	Ok
Livestock	Ok
Lounge Space	Ok
Office Space	1 Office Required
Parking, Ground Vehicles	Ok
Parking, Space Vehicles	Ok
Parking, Water Vehicles	Ok
Parking, Spacecraft	No
Radar	No
Shield Generator	No
Shop Space	1 Shop Required
Space Vehicle Launchers	No
Space Vehicle Recovery Systems	No
Store Space	Ok
Surgery Units	No
Transporters	No
Turrets	No
Weapon Bays	No

A smelter's basic function is to process raw ore into usable metal. As higher level technology becomes available, it becomes possible to make magmium from magmex, vulcium from vulcanite and adamantine from adamantite.

Cronodollars can be turned into max quality level metal. This process consumes more cronodollars than are produced using metal, but if an empire is using something like Magmium, Vulcium, or Adamantine to mint cronodollars, this can be an effective source of high quality metals.

Production

Building	Produces	Consumed	Required	Optional
Smelter	10 Adamantine	10 Adamantite	Electricity Hammer Tesloid Dissipator Vulcium Heat Sink	Computer (+ output)
Smelter	10 Magmium	10 Magmex	Electricity Hammer	Computer (+ output)
Smelter	10 Metal	10 Ore		Computer (+ output) Electricity (- time) Hammer (- time)
Smelter	10 Metal	5170 Cronodollars		Hammer (- time) Electricity (- time) Computer (- time)
Smelter	10 Vulcium	10 Vulcanite	Electricity Hammer	Computer (+ output)