Wanderer - Orbital Fuel Station

Welcome to the Wanderer Orbital Fuel Station, a large floating station designed to stock & supply lava and 2 additional liquid fuel types at its docking bays. Powered by a Create New Age nuclear reactor and standard hotair burners, the Wanderer is designed for long periods of self-sustained operations. It features 2 decks, totaling 8 docks that can support up to 16 docked ships simultaneously, with colour-coded laser auto-docking to easily connect to the desired fuel pumps at each bay.

The station is nucleared powered, with nuclear fuel supplied via a vault in the service deck (lowest level with external access). If used in survival, you must make sure to waterlog the birch stairs in the service deck sub-level. To start up the system, disconnect all clutches located near the Portable Engine in the service level after placing the water and providing the nuclear fuel to the system, then give it some fuel. The system should spin up slowly and eventually speed up once the nuclear reactor heats up. You may then re-connect the clutches, starting with the one closest to the portable engine.

The lower deck houses all of the fuel tanks and a high-speed lava generator. The fuel pumps for the docking bays are not mechanically connected to the main system. They are powered by Crafts & Additions motors located on the roof of both the service deck and lower deck. You will need to manually connect power to them via the accumulator located in the service deck sub-level. Also remember to connect the generator to the accumulator for the system to charge up.

This is a WIP project, being approximately 90% complete. It lacks some basic restone controls for hover height management, automatic balance, and maneuvering thrusters for self-sustained travel. Due to moving away from the Create Colonies: Aeronautics modpack to focus on the Gearworks SMP. The Wanderer will not receive further updates from me in this form. It will likely be converted into a more add-on lite iteration that is compatible with the Gearworks modpack.