History VideoGame / DysonSphereProgram

** Unipolar magnets, AKA magnetic monopoles, are a so-far hypothetic type of exotic matter that forms mind-bogglingly dense pseudo-atomic structures. A solid sphere slightly bigger than a golf ball would concentrate so much mass in one spot that it would collapse into a black hole. In-game the stuff is found in in standard ore deposits that of course don't act like this. Also, magnetic monopoles as we currently understand them are incredibly rare and thus most likely won't form mineable deposits anywhere in the universe.

** The Accumulator is a battery. While it can be said to "accumulate" excess electrical power, it's main purpose is to store excess power and discharge it later. However, this is most likely a consequence of the game's original language being Chinese, considering some languages make a distinction between (rechargable) accumulators and (non-rechargable) batteries.

** The Accumulator is a battery. While it can be said to "accumulate" excess electrical power, it's main purpose is to store excess power and discharge it later.

** If a building type has multiple tiers, generally its Mk.I version will be orange/yellow, Mk.II will be green, and Mk.III will be blue.

* AIIsACrapshoot: The Dark Fog is a [[GreyGoo gargantuan swarm of rogue nanites]] that was supposed to do what [[PlayerCharacter the Engineer]] is doing now, but at some point got different ideas and are now opposing anyone trying to carry out its original mission.

* AchievementMockery: You get an achievement called "You Started It!" if you get Icarus destroyed by Dark Fog attacks on Passive setting.
* AntiAir: There are two layers, traditional anti-air which targets Dark Fog units in the planet's atmosphere, and anti-space which targets Dark Fog that attempt to orbitally bombard your planets.

* ArmCannon: The mecha carries a massive laser cannon on the outside of its right forearm. It's mainly used for manual mining, but it also functions as a weapon to combat small Dark Fog swarms.

* MeaningfulName: Your name (and the advisor's, Daedalus) is a direct reference to the ancient greek [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daedalus Daedalus and Icarus]] myth. Fitting, since the game's Icarus works with stars.

* DroneDeployer: Both the Dark Fog and Icarus make copious use of expendable drones to fight each other.

* EvilEvolves: When the Dark Fog attacks the player, they gain experience during the fight. Once they get enough experience, they increase the health and damage of their units, the scale of their space hives, and the quality of their item drops. Each base tracks/raises experience separately however, so be careful about completely overwhelming ''every'' base you come across - to get high level Dark Fog-only drops, you'll need to let at least one (ground) base stay intact long enough to get what you need.

* EveryBulletIsATracer: Solar sails fired from EM rail ejectors leave bright-blue trails until they hit their mark. Doesn't make a whole lot of scientific sense, given that there's no atmospheric friction to create the lightshow for most of the way, but it looks damn cool and also makes it a lot easier to get your bearings in space.

* {{BFG}}: Dyson swarms are maintained by EM rail ejectors, gigantic [[MagneticWeapons coilgun turrets]] that constantly launch new solar sails into the swarm's orbit(s).

* EvilEvolves: When the Dark Fog attacks the player, they gain experience during the fight. Once they get enough experience, they increase the health and damage of their units, as well as increasing the scale of their space hives. However, if your firepower is overwhelming enough to destroy their assaults in seconds, the Dark Fog won't have the time/space to evolve.

* EnergyAbsorption: Wireless Power Towers let the player's mech drain power directly from a power grid to restore energy to the mech.

* NotTheIntendedUse: Battlefield Analysis Bases are primarily meant to be repair stations in case Dark Fog attacks damage your infrastructure. However, this building houses twelve construction drones of it's own - more than Icarus can house until nearly the late-game - which can help speed up construction of larger setups, particularly those set down by blueprints.

** Orbital Collectors. These are autonomous stations that sit on the equator of a gas giant, up to a maximum of 40 if spaced correctly, where they collect various resources (especially hydrogen, but occasional deuterium and fire ice as well). With one Orbital Collector and one Interplanetary Logistics Station, you'll be flush with hydrogen for a very long time. ''Getting there'' requires a lot of high-end products, and/or quite a few Mining Speed upgrades to offset the initial low rates, but it's well worth the effort.

** Even if Dark Fog attacks damage entire swaths of infrastructure, they can never be ''completely'' destroyed; merely rendered inoperable and can be rebuilt by the mech's drones when nearby, while the right technology/building will do so automatically for you at increasing speeds. In a game all about automation and careful placement/juggling of many different moving parts, having to constantly rebuild your infrastructure from scratch would cause a lot of headaches.

* EvilEvolves: When the Dark Fog attacks the player, they gain experience during the fight. Once they get enough experience, they increase the health and damage of their units, as well as increasing the scale of their space hives.

** Even if Dark Fog attacks damage entire swaths of infrastructure, they can never be ''completely'' destroyed; merely rendered inoperable and can be rebuilt by the mech's drones if you have the resources on hand, while the right technology will do so automatically for you at increasing speeds. In a game all about automation and careful placement/juggling of many different moving parts, having to constantly rebuild your infrastructure from scratch would cause a lot of headaches.

** '''x0.5 Resource Completion''': ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, you have to beat the game with only half the normal amount of resources available to you by choosing x0.5 resources in the galaxy generation.

** '''Didn't Break A Sweat!''' and '''Mission Impossible!''': Complete the game within 25 hours and 10 hours, respectively, on a x1.0 or lower resource difficulty; any higher, and/or using metadata for instant research, invalidates the achievement. Note that a normal run of the game, start to finish with no bonuses, generally takes ''at least'' 50 hours, and usually closer to ''70''. Good luck!

** If a building type has multiple tiers, its Mk.I version is orange/yellow, Mk.II is green, and Mk.III is blue.

** With the initial Dark Fog update, there's one addition that's generally only found on accident. In your home system whilst in-flight, you can find an indestructible Dark Fog Communicator, which essentially allows you to modify the Dark Fog's strength and behavior in-game. You can even 'call a truce', nullifying threat generation for a certain period of time, though this will be voided if you attack them.

* GuideDangIt: Slight example, but the description for the "Magpie" achievement - discover at least 7 rare veins, and mine 10 by hand - doesn't indicate whether it means ten rare materials period, or ten of each rare material. The achievement is unlocked via the latter.

* DrawAggro: The Signal Tower is designed specifically to piss off the Dark Fog, and attack a planet with one installed instead of a planet without one. They also increase the range of missile turrets.

** Wind turbines won't generate as much power as the other two unless the planet's wind ratio is higher, and must be spaced apart, but they only rely on the ambient atmosphere of the planet, meaning they will be 100% consistent with power output, rather than having to wait on the sun or relying on a fuel supply. With the initial Dark Fog update, once you've researched a certain early game tech, you can also place them on water without requiring Foundation to be placed.

** Wind turbines won't generate as much power as the other two unless the planet's wind ratio is higher, and must be spaced apart, but they only rely on the ambient atmosphere of the planet, meaning they will be 100% consistent with power output, rather than having to wait on the sun or relying on a fuel supply.

* PowerSource: Fusion power plants are the second-most advanced generators in the game, topped only by Artificial Stars. The deuteron/antimatter fuel rods they consume are also the best power sources for the mecha, producing six times the energy of hydrogen rods without counting for the bonus from power generation.

* PowerGlows: Research, the basis of your entire mission, takes the physical shape of brightly glowing cubes in various colors. The labs that manufacture them can be seen from beyond the horizon while active thanks to the glow.
** Active buildings also glow, particularly thermal generators and oil refineries, but also chemical plants.

In its current Early Access state, most of the essential features are complete, including all relevant buildings, almost the entire TechTree, mech customization and the initial draft of Dark Fog combat. However, the developers have announced their plans to implement additional features and expand upon some current ones.