Hey everyone!
I'm new to ONI (~40h played) and I love it. I'm currently on my 2nd run (around 100 cycles) but I start to feel lost a bit as sometime just building a Hydrogen power supply can be a challenge with a lot of possibilities on how to optimise it, but a few on how to just make a very simple one.
In my previous run I just started to use the Natural Geyser gas for power supply, I also had a Petrol Geyser that I didn't start using so i never used Petrol.
In my new run I have a Cold Water Geyser, so I already started to pump the water that is generated from the heat into my system (big enough to hold the temp). I have two Farm rooms (mealwood for food), three ranch for the hatch (started to upgrade them to sage hatch and kill the surplus aswell), one ranch for drecko (for Exosuits later).I have a few rooms like a hospital, a Great hall, Barraks as well.I also have an auto power supply with two electrolyzer and 3 pumps that pump hydrogen into the generator that supplies the electrolyzer & pump, and another generator that is used for the surplus. (but i'm having issues on how to split the gas in the generator). You can find the setup in this video . Altho I have a difference on how the gaz are separated between the generator that power the all setup and the generator that use the surplus.
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- What does the Farm station give ? > Beside bonus room. Does it auto fertilize the room ? So no more Dupes bringing the fertilizer ?
- How to find other geyser and what to do with it ? > Currently in my run I have two Cold steam Geyser, one hot polutted Oxygen, and one polutted water and I'm not really sure on what to do with it. > Cold steam is used for water atm but wonder if it can run a steam turbine on it. Same with the hot poluted Oxygen, i think here steam turbine would be the best. For the polutted water, i guess i just use the polutted water and filter it.
- What are "ancients" buildings for ? > Like a door asking me to bioscan my Dupes before going in. > I used the Neural Vacillator in one of my Dupes, so i know what it does. But what are the other ?
- Guide or example on how gas or liquid separation work > Atm all my hydrogen go into the generator that is used for the surplus of hydrogen
- How to make Dupes take back the Exosuits into the station ? > In my previous run I had a station of Exosuits, Dupes would take the Exosuits when leaving the room, but not put it back into the station. Why ?
- How to make petrol & plastic without a petrol geyser ? > I never did plastic & petrol, how do i make plastic & petrol without a geyser ?
- What are the other plants and animal used ? > It might be a dumb question, but why would i try to farm something else than mealwood or Pincha Pepper for food, hatch for coil and a bit of meat. It feels "too hard" for the reward
Here is the picture of my base, you can see I was planning on doing another self supply hydrogen generator, but I started to have issues with heat so that might not be the best option.
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My base
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PS : That goes without saying, but I'm playing on easy mode. This game is already hard enough, I don't want my Dupes to be picky. But maybe I should give a try. Idk PS2 : I just bought the DLC, so this run might be a good idea to try thing I didn't do, like petrol, steam turbine, cooling system etc..

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Name: Albert Uriel Hawkins/Arawan
Age: Albert was 67 before becoming Arwan
Race: Elk Faunus
Appearance: Before he became the creature known as Aarwan; Alberts had olive skin with long salt and peppered hair with light red eyes. While on the expeditions he went on he wore a bronze and silver chest piece over a light blue quilted shirt. Along with this he wore matching black pants and boots with white accents, he was also often seen with a walking stick..Though after his last excavation for The king of Vale he was never the same, the next time he would be spotted his horns would be an awful burnt color. With his body not only being seen as gauntly with his skin takinging on a gray colorization ,Most would describe him as a walking dead man. Though most do not know that this is the same man, as most refer to him as possibly a Geist that has taken over a human. Though that would be better than the truth.
History: Albert Uriel Hawkins: Adventurer, Tomb Raider and Seeker of the Forgotten, while some of the titles seem foolhardy to most but to him they were his career. Before becoming world renowned Mr. Hawkins was nothing more than a simple farm boy raised on his family's ranch. Though Albert was never content on living this kind of life; he often would skip out on his chore, mostly shoveling cow pies, to go out for walks in the woods. Though he would never travel far, even these small treks into the wilderness caused him to crave adventure. Until one day this craving would finally be satiated. He had once again stealth away from his farm work to wander in the woods, but not too long into his escape Albert would find himself falling through the floor itself or in this case the ceiling. As he had unknowingly fallen into what seemed to be an abandoned church’ with the only thing not yet overtaken by the flora that had all but taken over the building was a giant statue of a golden faunus, only it didn't have any other feature beside the horns. The statue itself had its arms extend out as if to welcome any who came to worship it.
This one discovery would lead Albert on his path to his other discoveries such as: an ancient shield that had an insignia almost reminiscent of that of the arc family though they denied it ever being used by their family, though none of the previous finds could compare to his wife Orchid Osborne. The two had ment during his time searching through the remnants of lost cities in Mistral. They had become fast friends over their shared love of old history; Like all those other love stories. But alas like the other love stories their love didn't last; as after twenty-five years of marriage Orchid fell victim to brain cancer. This event led Albert to give up his adventuring days. That was until a mission was passed along to him, given out by the King of Vale himself, evidently some settlers in the lower regions of Sanus had been feeling something calling to them in the upper mountains of the Annwn. Though Albert wasn't hurting for any money, he had planned to put his payment toward cancer research; he also began to see this as to give his career a proper ending, one that Orchid would be proud of, Albert accepted happily.
This would come to be Alberts final mistake as the adventure would be his last. The reasoning for the voices that spoke to and led the villages away happened to be found near the middle of the mountain range through an already open entrance as two enormous obsidian like doors were wide open almost as if whatever was here was inviting them in. The cave system itself was fairly basic other than the handful of skeletons that were scattered along the main tunnel. Ablert himself assumed to be some of the missing villagers that couldn't resist the call to come here. But what stood out the most was a freshly cleaned podium that held aloft a mask that had a giant smile carved into it. The mask itself was darker than the blackest night with a set of piercing eyes that seem to ho;d back a blazing fire. As soon as Albert touched the mask he seemed to be transported into a vast space of nothingness. Before he could produce another thought, a voice called out to him from the darkness. Calling to him promising him all the knowledge Albert could want, even the cure for the same diseases that killed his wife. And sadly for the rest of Albert’s research crew he could not resist; he accepted the Mask offer and became the new vessel for Arwan.
About Arwan: Arwan was a powerful practitioner of magic back from the days of Ozma. He was known to be a cruel man as he subjugated hundreds turning them into his loyal subjects. Other than magic Arwan also had the peculiar ability to see into a person's memories, mostly using it to manipulate people into joining his armies. Though with this lifestyle of conquering and murdering any who opposed him he garnered many enemies. One such enemy being Ozma himself. But instead of killing Arwan, Ozma trapped him within this obsidian Mask and buried him in the mountains he once called home. But now after being freed by Alber Hawkins and subsequently taking control of his body. He could once again use his power to wreak havoc. But he’ll need to find new followers to help him in this endeavor.
Power and Abilities; Arwan is capable of incredible destructive magic, being able to fight most trained maidens; though as his host body deteriorates so does his power. He also has the ability to peer into people’s minds and see their memories, he mostly uses this ability to help manipulate people into joining him by offering them what they want most. Whether it be the cure to a deadly disease, knowledge of how to control one's dangerous semblance, or simply giving them the fake love they never had.

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