Core: Nucleus

*"The third and final iteration." - Text in-game, Core Database.*

 General

## Description

    This 5x5 third level Core offers the Gamma Drone, armed with two turrets that shoots homing lasers, has a higher pool of health, and with an item capacity of 70. It also has four Mechanical Drills connected, which offer Copper from a 8x2 ore patch.

One can upgrade the basic existing core by selected this building and replacing the old Core. It can also be selected before entering a hostile location, but only if a nearby base already has this upgrade and you have the resources to deploy it.

If this building is destroyed, the location will be marked as overrun and all items stored in it will be lost, with some of your buildings either remaining (if you re-entry) or completely destroyed. Said materials also count to your Global Resources Pool, which is used for Tech Research. All active bases around the world add to said Pool.

## Notes

* Be wary of fire near your Core. It a fire starts near your core, it will keep spreading and re-igniting itself until either a turret supplied with water extinguishes the flames, or any flammable materials are depleted/evacuated from the Core.
* Even if the location does not have Thorium available, you can deploy this Core if another nearby Location already has it.
* It is useful to know that Healing Turrets will repair the core.

## Bugs

* Using this Core as a deployment for Location 124 causes it to fail placement of Drills (the Core is placed, but it seems to be placed on top of some of the Copper Ore Patches, and the four Drills are nowhere to be found), as the base is 1 square away from the southern map wall.

## Variations

The Core Also Has Multiple Variations:

Core

Core Shard

Core Bastion

* Cyclone
* Duo
* Foreshadow
* Fuse
* Hail
* Lancer
* Meltdown
* Parallax
* File:Repair Turret.png Repair Turret
* Salvo
* Scatter
* Scorch
* Segment
* Spectre
* Swarmer
* Tsunami
* File:Turrets.png Turrets
 Extractors and Drills
* Impulse Pump
* Laser Drill
* Mechanical Drill
* Mechanical Pump
* Oil Extractor
* Rotary Pump
* File:Thermal Pump.png Thermal Pump
 Item Transportation and Storage
* Bridge Conduit
* Bridge Conveyor
* Container
* Distributor
* Inverted Sorter
* Liquid Tank
* Mass Driver
* Overflow Gate
* Payload Conveyor
* Payload Router
* Phase Conduit
* Phase Conveyor
* Plastanium Conveyor
* Plated Conduit
* Ripple
* Titanium Conveyor
* Underflow Gate
* Unloader
 Liquid blocks
 Walls
* Door
* Large Copper Wall
* Large Door
* Large Phase Wall
* Large Plastanium Wall
* Large Surge Wall
* Large Thorium Wall
* Large Titanium Wall
* Phase Wall
* Plastanium Wall
* Surge Wall
* Thorium Wall
 Factories and Reconstructors
* Air Factory
* Exponential Reconstructor
* Ground Factory
* Multiplicative Reconstructor
* Naval Factory
 Crafting stations
* File:Blast Mixer.png Blast Mixer
* Coal Centrifuge
* File:Cryofluid Mixer.png Cryofluid Mixer
* File:Cultivator.png Cultivator
* File:Disassembler.png Disassembler
* Graphite Press
* Kiln
* Melter
* Multi-Press
* File:Phase Weaver.png Phase Weaver
* File:Plastanium Compressor.png Plastanium Compressor
* File:Pulverizer.png Pulverizer
* File:Pyratite Mixer.png Pyratite Mixer
* File:Separator.png Separator
* Silicon Arc Furnace
* Silicon Crucible
* Silicon Smelter
* File:Spore Press.png Spore Press
 Power
* File:Battery Diode.png Battery Diode
* Combustion Generator
* File:Differential Generator.png Differential Generator
* File:Impact Reactor.png Impact Reactor
* File:Large Battery.png Large Battery
* File:Large Power Node.png Large Power Node
* File:Large Solar Panel.png Large Solar Panel
* File:Power Node.png Power Node
* RTG Generator
* File:Solar Panel.png Solar Panel
* File:Steam Generator.png Steam Generator
* File:Surge Tower.png Surge Tower
 Logic
* File:Hyper Processor.png Hyper Processor
* File:Large Logic Display.png Large Logic Display
* File:Logic Display.png Logic Display
* File:Logic Processor.png Logic Processor
* File:Memory Bank.png Memory Bank
* File:Memory Cell.png Memory Cell
* File:Micro Processor.png Micro Processor
 Other
* File:Core: Foundation.png Core: Foundation
* File:Core: Nucleus.png **Core: Nucleus**
* File:Core: Shard.png Core: Shard
* File:Illuminator.png Illuminator
* Incinerator
* File:Launch Pad.png Launch Pad
* Mend Projector
* Mender
* File:Message.png Message
* Overdrive Dome
* File:Repair Point.png Repair Point
* File:Shock Mine.png Shock Mine