Sky Mill

alaindustrial:high_altitude_wind_mill

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Summary

The Sky Mill is the second tier of the sky branch (T2), an evolution of the basic Wind Turbine. It produces EU/FE from the wind with open sky above, but its base grows with altitude twice as fast (its ridge takes 8 blocks per step instead of 16) and caps at 12 EU/FE/tick. Weather affects it less than the other turbines (rain ×1.25, thunder ×1.5) — this is the steady-income turbine, not the peaky one. It is obtained only through evolution of the basic turbine with a Solar Evolution Chip; it has no crafting recipe.

Energy

The turbine only produces power and never accepts incoming energy. An 8000 EU/FE buffer, LV-tier output. Energy is emitted from the back face only — same as T1, so the cable on the back wall keeps working after evolution. The other 5 faces are inert.

Generation

As with T1, but doubled payoff from altitude: the wind curve's ridge is reached at 8 blocks per step above sea level (instead of 16), up to 8 EU/FE/tick, and weather multiplies it only weakly: rain ×1.25, thunder ×1.5, capped at 12 EU/FE/tick. At y ≈ 128 the Sky Mill outputs 4 EU/FE/tick — twice what the basic mill makes at the same height, but only half of its own full base; the full 8 EU/FE/tick comes only in the y 188–192 band, under a clear sky — more than any other turbine in fair weather.

Altitude, sky and weather are recalculated roughly once every two seconds; between recalculations the rate stays the same.

Blade clearance and rotor interference are exactly the same as on T1: the rotor needs a clear 2×2 square in front of the turbine, and overlapping blades with a neighbouring turbine stops both. Full rules and the diagram are in the T1 spec.

Interface

• Type: container — energy bar (tooltip on hover), the central rotor slot and status indicator in the same positions as the basic turbine. While the turbine runs, the status row shows the current output in EU/FE/tick; while it is stopped, the reason. No chip slot and no evolution progress (T2 is a leaf — it doesn't evolve further).

Block Properties

Recipes

The Sky Mill isn't craftable. The only way to get it is to grow it from a basic turbine: insert a Solar Evolution Chip and let it work under open sky with a rotor installed. The stored energy carries over on evolution.

• Crafting: none. The block is not available from a crafting table.
• Evolution (the only way to obtain it): a basic Wind Turbine + rotor installed + a sun alignment chip + accumulated open-sky time → turns into the Sky Mill, keeping the energy it had stored.

Wear warning

When the rotor's remaining durability falls below the threshold - the smaller of 10% of its current max and 120 points - a running wind mill creaks now and then and puffs smoke from the hub of the blade disc; the less is left, the more often, and over the last few percent the smoke gets heavier. So the wear is noticeable on the way to the tower. A new or barely worn rotor, an empty slot and a stopped mill (no wind, no open sky, blocked blades) stay silent. The threshold is taken from the current max, so a repair at the bench ends the warning. A mute chip silences the creak; the smoke stays. The threshold, the window and the pauses are knobs wornComponentCue* (generators section); the lightning rod does not do this.

Related

• Wind Turbine — the neutral T1, the source of the evolution.
• Tempest Mill — the mirror of the tempest branch.

How to get it

Evolution~28 min of active output

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Sky Mill