GT New Horizons · Highly Ultimate Voltage (UHV)
Electric Implosion Compressor
The Electric Implosion Compressor (EIC) is a UHV tier multiblock for compressing plates and dusts with electricity. The EIC is a direct upgrade from the Implosion Compressor and Density^2 because it does not consume explosives, reduces the duration of recipes down to 1 tick from 1 second, and offers up to 256 parallels. The EIC is also the only machine capable of crafting magnetohydrodynamically constrained star matter (MHDCSM) parts and is therefore mandatory for progression to UXV, but highly recommended to build as soon as possible.
Construction
The EIC has one tiered component. The containment blocks determine the number of parallels. Buses/hatches may replace any naquadah reinforced block anywhere on the structure. Multi-amp and laser energy hatches are supported for serious overclocking, but the EIC can only tier skip ONE time. Use the Multiblock Structure Hologram Projector to visualize/build the structure with subchannels "piston_block" and "glass" to specify the tier of the containment blocks and glass, respectively.
Structure
- Controller: Front center, 2nd layer
- 230-247 Naquadah Reinforced Block
- 36 Robust Tungstensteel Machine Casing
- 24 Containment Block (Tiered)
- 22 Any Tiered Glass
- 10 PTFE Pipe Casing
- 2 Naquadah Frame Box
- 1+ Energy Hatch: Any reinforced block
- 1 Maintenance Hatch: Any reinforced block
- 1+ Input Bus/Hatch: Any reinforced block
- 1+ Output Bus/Hatch: Any reinforced block
Wallsharing
EICs may wallshare each of their sides to save on casings and buses/hatches. That includes all three layers of the wings on either side of the structure. That does NOT include the containment blocks due to the restriction on their location.
Usage
Most EIC recipes are rated at UEV voltage and have a length of just 1 tick. That means the EIC is incredibly fast and surprisingly energy efficient for not using any explosives. Higher tiers also add a significant number of parallels, as seen in the following table.
| Tier | Containment Block | Parallels |
| 1 | Block of Neutronium | 1 |
| 2 | Block of Infinity | 4 |
| 3 | Block of Transcendent Metal | 16 |
| 4 | Block of Spacetime | 64 |
| 5 | Block of Universium | 256 |
However, the EIC can only tier skip ONE time. If a recipe is rated at MAX voltage, for example, then the EIC needs at least a 4A UXV energy hatch to run it. No amount of UMV amps will ever be enough. This limitation is most evident when trying to craft molten MHDCSM with eternity nanites.
Trivia
- The EIC structure resembles the TIE Fighter from Star Wars.