Gas management and transport

[Daikataro]

So, it puzzled me to see that this update removed the water reservoir in the dupes' omnigun, and forced them to rely on a manual pump to fill water bottles, which per-se is not a bad idea. But how come something as important is not yet implemented for its gaseous counterpart? So without further ado, here's the rough sketch of the gas management system:

 

Building: Canister assembler

Allows duplicants to manufacture empty gas canisters, at the cost of 500 raw metal a piece

 

Item: Gas canister

Can hold up to 100kg of gas inside it. Can explode if the gas inside excessively expands, such as when overheated

 

Building: Compressor

Receives input from a gas pipe, and compresses the gas to store it inside a canister

 

So, we have our compressed gas, woot! What to do with it now? Applications are limitless to be honest. First is the obvious advantage of being able to clear a room full of chlorine, without the hassle of building a separate, locked room specifically to toss all the unwanted chlorine in there. But then there are several others, such as...

 

Building: Gas release point

Accepts a gas canister, and allows its contents to flow into a gas pipe, at a custom flow rate. This can be used for several applications, such as hastily delivering oxygen to dupes working in lower levels, without having to build a gas pump and a long pipe system, but it can be used as well to feed a hydrogen or natural gas generator.

 

Building: Oxygen therapy clinic

Requires compressed oxygen to accelerate duplicant recovery in respiratory diseases (slimelung)

 

Building: Ozone generator

Uses compressed oxygen and high voltage to generate Ozone, which kills bacteria at a very fast rate, but also hurts dupes who are exposed for too long. Ozone breaks down back into oxygen after half a cycle, or when it reduces a bacterial population.