Projector and turbo boosters: attraction and extra cycles

Mirage projector

Mirage projector

Jackson can offer a mirage projector from day 10 while you do not own one; the appearance roll is the current day number as a percentage. Double-click to insert a power source and optional universal modules. A successful night cycle uses 16 kJ before module adjustments and supplies 100 attraction points, not 100%. Read the next day’s active status and shop attraction.

Quality bonus contributes half its value and performance contributes a quarter, with integer rounding. Thus +100 quality makes the base bonus 150; +100 performance makes it 125. Efficiency reduces energy use. Multiple projectors do not add their bonuses together. A source that cannot pay the current energy requirement leaves the projector inactive.

Run one extra machine cycle

Disposable turbo booster

Prepare the target machine first: load inputs, begin the job if required, fit its own power source and leave output space. Then use an owned booster on the owned eligible machine. It immediately runs that machine’s normal cycle, including its own power and material requirements. It is one cycle, not automatic completion of a multi-cycle job. Using it on an idle or blocked machine can waste the boost. Standard production machines are eligible; fridge, evaporator and the mind reprogrammer also have support. This does not advance the whole shop to the next day.

Choose a booster

Advanced turbo booster

Type	Operation
Disposable	One use, then destroyed.
Advanced	Insert a power source. Gains 5 charge per powered night for 5 kJ, ready at 15: three nights from empty. Use resets charge to zero; the device remains. It stops charging while ready.
Hypertech	Buy through the hypertech-smuggler network. Starts at 5 charge/night, costs the same number of kJ and banks charge beyond 15. Each boost spends 15. Use an advanced booster on it to consume the advanced unit and increase its nightly rate by 5.

Advanced boosters can appear in Black Market stock. A shop blackout or unavailable converter service can prevent the target from drawing power; a ready booster does not bypass that requirement. Check power and modules before buying upgrades.