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The Plasma Asteroid is exactly what it sounds like. An asteroid full of plasma lakes with geysers spewing plasma gas. This asteroid is connected to the atmospherics area in NSS Diagoras and replaces the plasma storage tank found in most stations.

Collection

At the start of the shift the Plasma Asteroid is already piped, and has scrubbers siphoning all gasses from the asteroid into a series of filters. Still, there are some things that need to be done in order to start collecting plasma, not to mention efficiently collecting it:

• Build an air alarm and set the vents to scrubbing and extended. This should massively increase the amount of plasma that is collected, up to millions of moles over the course of a shift. There are air alarm parts in the little storage area at the northeast of the lobby.
• Connect the collection line to a heat exchanger in space. You can also set up a heat exchanger over the scrubbers collecting the plasma to cool down the area around them and drop the pressure there even further, drawing more gas in.
• turn on and max all the filters, and turn on the digital valve leading to the collection tank.

With these three steps done you should be feeling the plasma tanks very quickly, and with cold plasma, which is much easier and safer to handle. You can also add a space cooled heat exchanger to the tank itself, which should keep the temperature inside it more consistent and make for easier mixing. This is best done before setting up collection.

Dangers

The Plasma Asteroid collection area is full of hot plasma, while the lobby has a breathable atmosphere. The best way to safely work in the Asteroid is to make sure you keep the two separate, and failing that to react quickly to the fire. Here are some things that can be done to prevent and stop fire from starting:

Asteroid Airlock

• Don't force the asteroid airlocks. The airlock will empty itself of air before opening to the asteroid, and you should wait for it to finish.
• Put a hololock on the airlock that opens to the asteroid. This should prevent plasma from leaking inside, and not cover the vent or scrubber responsible for controlling the atmosphere inside it.

Transport Tubes

Transport tubes can be used as an alternative method to enter the asteroid's collection area that doesn't have any potential for atmosphere exchange. To place them in a way that doesn't mix air and plasma do the following:

• Build a wall near one of the windows. Preferably on the inside.
• Remove the window. This may cause a small fire, but it should quickly put itself out.
• Put a regular transport tube where the window was
• Build the window back where it was
• Add a terminus dispenser station on either side of the tube

Fighting Fires

Atmospherics technicians are equipped with firefighting equipment in the form of a MOD suit module and the firefighting backpack. These have 3 types of nozzles:

• Fire extinguisher: This water based extinguisher can put out smaller fires by cooling them down, but they can still reignite quite easily.
• Nanofrost Particles: Shoots a projectiles that explodes into a cloud of nanofrost particles which convert burning plasma into cold nitrogen. They also weld vents shut, so be wary of that.
• Metal Foam: Dispense foam that hardens into a floor or wall(when used on an existing floor). This can be used to quickly seal off areas. The asteroid also has metal foam grenades that can either be thrown manually or be set off by being on fire.

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