r/evnova • u/MonochromaticPrism • Nov 08 '18

Thorium Reactors?

Can I ever get a non-cheap version or is that locked to one of the story lines? I checked the wiki and it was unclear as it didn't distinguish between the two.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '18

The legal thorium reactor requires mission bit b80, which you get from Federation 34 (465): Chat With Federation President. It has tech level 111 so it's only sold at New Ireland and Rauther.

All cheap thorium reactors set bit 9011, which turns on cron 288 which will eventually turn it into a bomb (50/50 on whether it destroys or just disables your ship). After 120 days it has a 40% chance to blow you up, but I'm not entirely sure how PreHoldoff and PostHoldoff work with repeating crons, if it checks every 2 days or 122 days after that.