Stations
Space stations
Stations in Helium Rain are places where players may trade resources, upgrade their ships and get contracts.
List of stations
There are 21 types of stations. Characteristics cited below are for lvl 1 stations.
| Name | Description | Production Cycle | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farm | Farms are essential to life in space. They produce food for the population. | 10 credits + 1 C + 1 Fuel + 1 H2O -> 6 Food in 1 day | 400 C (I), 400 Fuel (I), 400 H2O (I), 400 Food (O) |
| Solar Power Plant | Converts water into fuel through electrolysis. | 10 credits + 5 H2O -> 10 Fuel in 1 day | 2k H2O (I), 2k Fuel (O) |
| Fusion Power Plant | Converts water into fuel through electrolysis. Uses a nuclear fusion tokamak. | 10 credits + 100 H2O + 1 He-3 -> 200 Fuel in 5 days | 10k H2O (I), 10k He-3 (I), 10k Fuel (O) |
| Habitation Center | Habitation are orbital homes built for a few families. They are essentials to population growth. | None | 200 Food (I), 200 Fuel (I), 200 Tools (I), 200 Electronics (I) |
| Ice Mine | An orbital mine built to extract water ice from an asteroid. It requires central slot in complex. | 100 credits -> 10 H2O in 1 day | 4k H2O (O) |
| Iron Mine | An orbital mine build to extract iron from an asteroid. It requires central slot in complex. | 10 credits + 1 Fuel -> 2 FeO in 1 day | 400 Fuel (I), 400 FeO (O) |
| Silica Mine | An orbital mine build to extract silica from an asteroid. It requires central slot in complex. | 10 credits + 1 Fuel -> 2 SiO2 in 1 day | 400 Fuel (I), 400 SiO2 (O) |
| Steelworks | Steelworks refine iron oxyde into steel. | 10 credits + 2 FeO + 4 H2 + 1 Fuel -> 6 steel in 1 day | 1.6k FeO (I), 1.6k H2 (I), 1.6k Fuel (I), 1.6k Steel (O) |
| Tool Factory | This station produces every kind of tool, from the basic wrench to a high-end hull production tools. | 10 credits + 1 Steel + 1 Plastics + 1 Fuel -> 6 Tools in 1 day | 1.2k Steel (I), 1.2k Plastics (I), 1.2k Fuel (I), 1.2k Tools (O) |
| Foundry | Foundry produce Tech products, which are used for spacecraft construction. | 50 credits + 2 SiO2 + 4 H2 + 5 Fuel -> 10 Electronics in 5 days | 2k SiO2 (I), 2k H2 (I), 2k Fuel (I), 2k Electronics (O) |
| Hydrogen Pump Station | A pumping station that extracts hydrogen from Nema's atmosphere. | 10 credits + 1 Fuel -> 8 H2 in 1 day | 1.6k Fuel (I), 1.6k H2 (O) |
| Methane Pumping Station | A pumping station that extracts methane from Nema's atmosphere. | 10 credits + 1 Fuel -> 8 CH4 in 1 day | 800 Fuel (I), 800 CH4 (O) |
| Helium Pump Station | A pumping station that extracts helium from Nema's atmosphere. | 100 credits + 1 Fuel -> 10 He-3 in 1 day | 400 Fuel (I), 400 He-3 (O) |
| Carbon Refinery | The carbon refinery produces raw carbon from methane. | 10 credits + 1 CH4 + 1 Fuel -> 2 C in 1 day | 200 CH4 (I), 200 Fuel (I), 200 C (O) |
| Plastics Production Plant | The plastics refinery produces plastics compounds from methane. | 10 credits + 1 CH4 + 1 Fuel -> 8 Plastics in 1 day | 400 CH4 (I), 400 Fuel (I), 400 Plastics (O) |
| Arsenal | Arsenal produce fleet supplies, which are necessary to resupply and repair fleets after a battle. | 10 credits + 1 Fuel + 1 Steel + 2 Plastics -> 20 FS in 1 day | 1k Fuel (I), 1k Steel (I), 1k Plastics (I), 1k FS (O) |
| Shipyard | Shipyards are large stations that build other spacecrafts. It requires central slot in complex. | Depends on the ship | 5k Fuel (I), 5k Steel (I), 5k Plastics (I), 5k Tools (I) |
| Station Complex | A station complex is a core on which stations can be built. removing the need for ships to resources. Some stations can only be built on the central slots. | None | 12 slot, 2 central slot |
| Trading Hub | A trading hub that enables various ship to dock, trade and communicate. It also acts as storage. | None | 6x5k Any Ressource |
| Repair Outpost | Supply outposts are small stations used for fleet refuelling. | None | 500 FS (I/O) |
| Research Station | Research stations host teams of scientists working to advance technological knowledge. | 100 credits + 1 Fuel + 1 Tools + 1 He-3 -> 1 research in 1 day | 500 Fuel (I), 500 Tools (I), 500 He-3 (I) |
| Orbital Telescope | Long-range observation platform used to discover other areas. | 5000 credits + 100 Fuel + 100 He-3 -> sector in 60 days | 2k Fuel (I), 2k He-3 (I) |