Solar Evolution Chip
alaindustrial:alignment_chip_day
Summary
Evolution chips are crafting components that turn base T1 forms into T2. Two variants: Solar chip (day) — evolves the base solar panel into the daylight T2 and the base wind mill into the sky T2. Lunar chip (night) — evolves the base panel into the moonlit T2, and the wind mill into the tempest T2. Evolution carries accumulated NBT energy: the base block's charge is not lost during the upgrade. The chip itself is consumed in the process.
Mini-example: place a solar panel, accumulate EU/FE, craft a solar chip → evolve the panel to T2 — the charge carries over, the chip is spent, and daytime output quadruples.
Energy
Stores none. The chip is a one-shot evolution catalyst; all EU/FE logic lives on the evolving block.
How it's used
Applied through the evolution slot/recipe of a base T1 block (solar panel or wind mill). After evolution the chip disappears, the T1 becomes a T2 with its NBT energy preserved.
Block Properties
Not applicable (item). Stack: 64.
Recipes
Both chips are crafted at a workbench on the same shaped 3×3 pattern: nickel in the corners, a glowing/lapis block in a cross, and an electronic circuit at the centre. Solar chip (day): G = glowstone.
NGN
GEG
NGNLunar chip (night): L = lapis block.
NLN
LEL
NLNN — nickel ingot (×4); E — electronic circuit (×1).
Progression
Components with no tier of their own. Open the T2 era of solar and wind generation. Nickel + glowstone/lapis is a moderate early gate, reachable after a first Nether trip (glowstone) or deep-cave mining (lapis).
Related
Solar Panel and Wind Mill — the T1 bases. Daylight / moonlit T2 panels — the results of evolution with the solar/lunar chip. Sky / tempest T2 wind mills — the wind evolution results. Electronic Circuit — the chip's central component. Nickel — the chip's corners.
Crafting
Shaped Crafting
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Solar Evolution Chip