Approved Tech Tetron Centrex Planetary Atmospheric Processor

[Prex Oda Duun]

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SPECIAL FEATURES

• Atmospheric Filtration Turbines
• Atmospheric Dampeners
• Geothermal Power Plant
• Thermal Collectors

STRENGTHS

• (+) Dedicated Terraforming Plant: utilizes Atmospheric Processor technology which can drastically reshape and terraform a planet, including creating breathable atmosphere, clean liquid water, stable weather patterns, and everything else needed to shape a planet into suitability. Due to its size, the volume of gases it can expel, and the efficiency of its construction, it can terraform a planet in a few years as opposed to decades - especially when paired with other terraforming devices.
• (+) Geothermal Power: running completely on geothermal power, the atmospheric processor is completely self sufficient, needing no fuel beyond a single fuel cell for initial startup.

WEAKNESSES

• (-) Large: the atmospheric processor is massive at several hundred meters tall, and requires around 100 dedicated technicians to operate it.
• (-) Installation a prefabricated design, the processor must be ferried to a target location by a larger ship with a hyperdrive, before the unit is released in a controlled descent to the surface. Retrieving the unit is an equally laborious process; energy must be saved up for nearly a month by the unit's thermal plant, before thrusters can be ignited with enough power to make it to orbit.

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DESCRIPTION

Based off the Gandorthral Atmospherics Model 2 Atmospheric Processor, the Tetron Centrex Planetary Atmospheric Processor (PAP) is one of Tetron's flagship products, developed in response to Tetron’s growing ambition to step beyond asteroid development and into the larger galactic stage of planetary colonization. Drawing heavily from the earlier Gandorthral Atmospherics Model 2 Atmospheric Processor, Tetron’s engineers redesigned and scaled up the concept, making the PAP both more autonomous and far more efficient. Entirely powered by geothermal energy once installed, the processor can operate indefinitely with minimal resupply—an attractive proposition for corporations, governments, and warlords looking to convert marginal or hostile worlds into functional colonies in record time.

Its core functions are focused on macro-terraforming: thickening or thinning atmospheres, generating breathable air, cleaning and redistributing water sources, and stabilizing weather systems into predictable patterns. Where traditional terraforming could take generations, a properly deployed PAP network can prepare a planet for colonization in just a few years, especially when paired with Tetron’s orbital terraforming satellites and companion infrastructure. Despite its monumental capabilities, the PAP is not without limitations and dangers. Its sheer size and logistical demands—hundreds of meters tall, requiring transport by large hyperdrive-capable vessels, and staffed with a crew of over a hundred—make it a costly and conspicuous installation. Once dropped from orbit, retrieval or redeployment is a slow, energy-intensive process, often leaving the unit effectively tied to the planet it lands on. This has led to criticisms that Tetron deliberately designed the PAP to bind clients into long-term dependency, ensuring no easy exit from a contract once the device is activated.​

 

[MANIAC]

Prex Oda Duun

Very cool!

Approved.