Portal

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The Main Portal and Satellite Portal are a highly advanced end-game pioneer transportation method via teleportation.

Usage

A Main Portal and a Satellite Portal can be linked in their UI. In order to be used,  Singularity Cells have to be supplied to the Main Portal via a Conveyor input on its back side.

Once a Singularity Cell is supplied and the portals are linked, a 30-second heat-up sequence is initiated, during which the power usage of each Portal linearly increases from 0 to 1,000 MW. Afterwards, the Portals are open to use, and continue to draw 250 MW each. Portals will not start the activation sequence without at least two Singularity Cells, as one will be consumed just as the 30 second warmup is completed and thus a single cell will not let you travel through.

While open, the Main Portal consumes 2 Singularity Cells per minute to maintain the connection. If the Main Portal runs out of Singularity Cells, or either Portal loses power, the connection is instantly closed.

Portals maintain the direction and momentum of the Pioneer using them - walking facefirst into the Portal will make you walk directly out of the exit, and backing into the portal will make you face into the exit portal. Speed is preserved when entering the Portal, walking through will cause you to walk down the stairs on the other side, while launching yourself at higher speed will cause you to fly out.

Portals are visible on the Map.

Trivia

• Philosopher Derek Parfit's Teletransportation Paradox suggests teleportation kills the traveller, creating a clone with identical memories. Physicist David Deutsch argues that perfect quantum-state preservation enables uninterrupted consciousness, meaning the traveller remains the same person. Since the Pioneer travelling through a Portal causes the Gas Mask equipping animation to play - as happens when respawning - the game appears to align with Parfit's deadly reading. While this may simply reflect how the feature was implemented, the lore remains ambiguous.

History

• Patch 1.0: Introduced