Exotic Spring Tap

Captures liquid from a cyclic exotic spring during its active phase. Connect self.liquid_out to a consumer, build a completed Liquid Pipe route from the field Tap to that destination, then set a 0-1 release rate with self.set_throttle(value). A full buffer pauses collection without losing liquid.

Stats: Type Fluids · Built on exotic deposits · Power in -35 W (draws from grid)

How to obtain: The recipe unlocks with the Exotic Husbandry research (Wildlife 1,000). Fabricate an Exotic Spring Tap Kit on a Fabricator: 2× Titanium Ingot, 2× Liquid Pipe Segment, 1× Pressure Valve. Build it on a surveyed exotic deposit with a Pioneer’s Constructor.

Access: self / get_component(id) · Like every component, exposes .id and .name.

Methods

The API mirrors Exotic Gas Cap with liquid in place of gas.

.deposit()

The ExoticDeposit this tap is bolted to (.id, position(), fluid(), current_phase(), cycle timing), or None. Detail is gated by the sonar tier that last surveyed the deposit (basic / wide / deep). Methods read live state; .surveyed stays a creation-time snapshot.

Returns: ExoticDeposit or None

.capture_rate()

Exotic liquid captured on the last flow tick in t/h. 0 during dormancy or when the buffer is full and holding.

Returns: Number (t/h)

.is_venting()

True if active production exceeded the capture buffer’s space last tick (excess held upstream, not lost). False during dormancy or when unpowered. Open set_throttle(...) toward a tank with room.

Returns: Boolean

.is_stalled()

True if the powered tap had an open throttle and buffered liquid to release but could transfer none across its connected routes.

Returns: Boolean

.throttle()

Current release-valve setting (0-1).

Returns: Number

.set_throttle(t) `SELF ONLY`

Open the release valve (0-1, clamped). Resets to 0 when the script stops, ends, or errors.

Returns: ActionResult · Outcomes: "ok"

.liquid_out

FluidPort for the buffered liquid. May declare one destination (self.liquid_out.connect("Cryofluid Tank")); additional consumers may connect their own compatible inputs. Every destination needs a completed Liquid Pipe route to this field Tap.

Command mailbox

peek_command() · next_command() · command_count() · clear_commands() (SELF ONLY): see Script Commands.