Artificial Mass
| Artificial Mass | |
|---|---|
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| Function: | Artificial mass or spaceballs enable grids to react to artificial g... |
| DLC? | Vanilla |
| Fits small grid | |
| Mass: | 906.4 kg |
| Hitpoints: | 872 |
| Power: | -0.025 MW |
| PCU: | 25 |
| Size: | 1x1x1 |
| Time to Build: | 14 sec |
| Fits large grid | |
| Mass: | 9544.0 kg |
| Hitpoints: | 14520 |
| Power: | -0.6 MW |
| PCU: | 25 |
| Size: | 1x1x1 |
| Time to Build: | 24 sec |
| Data Controls: | [purge] (?)) |
The 
Artificial Mass is a functional late-game block that is used in context with artificial gravity.
Related blocks are Space Balls, 
Gravity Generator, and 
Spherical Gravity Generator.
Usage
When powered, it creates 50,000Kg of artificial mass in a single block.
You add Artificial Mass blocks to ships if you want the ship to be affected by artificial gravitational fields that it enters. In contrast to real-life physics, Artificial Gravity Generators are very selective and, by default, do not affect ships.
Depending on the field’s settings, a grid with Artificial Mass will be attracted or repelled. The strength of the effect directly depends on the number of Artificial Mass blocks built into the grid. However these blocks also increase the grid’s mass, power consumption, and inertia, and the grid requires additional thrust and power to escape the gravity field. You need to find the right balance between Artificial Mass blocks and Gravity Generators.
Civilian Use
Artificial Mass is also an important component of a Gravity Drive.
Combat Use
Large ships can use Gravity Generators with directed force vectors to launch powered Artificial Mass blocks as mass-producible projectiles. Blocks cause impact damage if they hit another grid, and can even be combined with a warhead to form an explosive torpedo. This use is an example of a Player Built Weapon (PBW). Similarly, incoming PBWs containing Artificial Mass blocks can be deflected by opposing gravity generator fields. This is the in-game way of building a force field (alternatives are force field mods).
Construction
The Artificial Mass blocks have a power requirement of 600 kW to be functional. Their most expensive components are Gravity Generator Components. They exist for small and large grid and are 1x1x1 blocks in size. They can be placed anywhere on the grid, but it’s best to put them symmetrically near the Center of Mass in order not to shift the center of mass.
Recipe
| Artificial Mass | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Large Ship/Station Required | Large Ship/Station Optional | Small Ship Required | Small Ship Optional |
 Superconductor | 20 | — | 2 | — |
 Steel Plate | 30 | 60 | 1 | 2 |
 Gravity Comp. | 9 | — | 1 | — |
 Construction Comp. | 30 | — | 2 | — |
 Computer | 20 | — | 2 | — |
Projector
Sensor
Automaton Sensor
Sound Block
Timer Block
Programmable Block
Control Panel
Control Panel Pedestal
Button Panel
Vertical Button Panel
Sci-Fi One-Button Terminal
Sci-Fi Four-Button Panel
Sci-Fi Control Panel
Inset Button Panel
Button Panel Pedestal
Bridge Button Panel
Custom Turret Controller
Action Relay
AI Basic
AI Recorder
AI Flight
AI Defensive
AI Offensive
Event Controller
Large Cargo Container
Medium Cargo Container
Small Cargo Container
Modular Cargo Container
Store
Contracts Block
Connector/Ejector
Small Connector/Ejector
Collector
Conveyor Sorter
Small Conveyor Sorter
Conveyor Frame
Conveyor Converter
