Thank you!
Well hypermodularity just became a thing so non-factor right now. It's relevance and net effect are some thing I'm open to thoughts on on the building level. On one hand it makes maintenance and repairs easier, on the other it makes parts cost more. For factories I imagine that parts need to be replaced often and the issue is buying the new parts not the difficulty of replacing them esp as replacement would be made easier as replacements need to be done often. "People" Buildings I don't really see it as a major contributor. Other stuff? IDK. Like I said I'm not sure.
As for arc-reactors? Power is already cheap. Modern prices are ~5-20 cents per kWh in US land. Industrial cost tend toward 6.67 cents or says the US's EIA. Fusion should have vastly devalued that. Consider that your looking at a technological jump of possibly centuries. (Though considering the state of fusion tech development it may take a century or two to get the stuff working
. We'll get it working in ten years just like we said fifty years ago!) Going by your power sales the Cost per kWh is 0.000038 Credits. I'm assuming that your selling at near market value. A modern factory that makes batteries (and thus use lots of power) was estimated at 100MW and was 929,000m^2. 100MW at those prices is pretty small. Hell even at modern prices its only ~1.5 million a quarter.You can debate if you will the use percentage of the power plant arc-reactor and thus the credits per kWh price. Frankly I'm not 100% sure about that myself.
I didn't pick the number! On the other hand I've been considering switching to 20% per year for high use/wear buildings (factories, labs) and 10% for lower use.
Actually you pay more then most industries on maintenance on a per building basis as far as I can tell you run generalist factories and have magic labs. Maintenance on other stuff IDK.
This is a reasonable point. Though I would point out that PI certified maintenance personnel would work too. Basically as long as PI will still respect the warranty/care/maintenance deal. I'm not sure about the need to charge a similar amount. Similar to what fusion core costs?* As long a PI offers a guarantee that the management can trust that PI will honor they'll be happy. The trust bit is the big deal, I'm not really sure how that balances out. You have the military basically standing behind you giving a massive thumbs up and all. I can see not trusting a it's good forever guarantee, but It needs work every five years and regular spot inspections to refresh the warranty? that seems trustworthy esp if the military is going for it. But what do I know.
*And isn't that a mess. How much would that be? Similar based on what size? initial cost? And then even in space future I can't imagine to may groups own their own powerplants. Not worth the effort. They probably buy power from a large company that does. The Arc Reactor makes owning a powerplant for each company far more reasonable and thus likely. What are they going to compare these costs to?
If PI says that the reactor needs to be inspected every... say year for mechanical issues (here's the check list*, we can have a PI inspector come by if you wish) and that the core needs to be exchanged every five years or when the core quality meter reads lest then 10% or whatever (Here's the procedure**, PI technicians are available to preform core replacements). And PI also says to maintain warranty PI certified technicians need to preform work and warranty is good for 5 year past last core replacement. Then the maintenance contract is more or less the cost of paying for the inspectors/technicians+palladium cores. Which should not really run all that much really (I think). Suggestions on how to handle this are welcome.
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Is it glowing blue? Is it making funny noises? Flashing? Is there physical damage? (If the answers are not Yes, No, No, No, contact PI)**
In a well ventilated room: Place arc-reactor upright or on side (do not attempt when arc-reactor is upside down!) Activate core release; remove core with tongs or appropriately sized grabbing device (Do not touch core directly! The core maybe hot and is composed of a decayed heavy metal.). Place old core in container meant for transporting heavy metals (most seal able containers will do). Place new core into socket using tongs or appropriately sized grabbing device . Core will automatically retract into socket after contact is made. Press Restart button after core retracts. Arc-reactor core replaced! Dispose of old core as directed by local law for heavy metals. Contact local waste disposal for details.Arc-reactors are already BS enough as it is here have a object you can fit in you hand that provides enough power to vaporize it self several times over every second here we'll prove it! From the majority outside perspective arc-reactors are space magic. If PI says that it work in way X as far as everyone is concerned it works in way X. Anyone claiming otherwise better have some good hard data.
I was thinking more like mechanics not insurance.
not Batarian
