Landing Pad

The landing pad is a building for landers to refuel and be repaired without returning to Earth.

It contains chemical and plasma fuel tanks (capacity depending on upgrades), which can be replenished either by crafting chemical fuel (either at the chemical fuel production module, or at the Factory), or by purchasing plasma fuel on Earth and unloading it at the outpost. Landers can resupply from this tank automatically, with workers speeding up the process. It can also transfer life support from the outpost to the landers (but not in the opposite direction). An optional extra module allows workers to automatically use available repair packs to repair parked landers.

Each landing pad level also increases the outpost's maximum population by 2.

Note that both repair and refuelling can in theory be performed manually by astronauts, with fuel and repair packs brought from Earth. However, they cannot access fuel crafted at the outpost, they cannot partially consume fuel or repair packs, and they cannot transfer life support from the Outpost. The Landing Pad is also the cheapest building (at least at level 1), making it an easy way to boost the Outpost's maximum population.

## Worker Modules

* Refueling allowcation (sic): Workers will re-supply ships with available stored life support and fuel.
	+ This module is part of the Landing Pad and does not need to be built separately. It will continue to function even without any workers, but very slowly.
* Chemical production: This module is able to craft chemical fuel from water and carbon.
	+ Note that the Factory, if you have it, can provide the same function, but by building this module, you can cause fuel production to skip the queue and occur continuously without manual intervention.
* Ship repair module: Workers will repair and maintain vehicles that are idle. Repair packs are required
	+ This action can be performed manually. However, by building the module, repair packs can be used as needed with less wastage.

## Auto Refill Options

Life Support and fuel automatic resupply can each be toggled on or off.

If turned 'on' the Landing Pad will automatically refuel every ship currently on the surface - even single-use vehicles that do not need refuelling. You cannot currently select which ship to resupply but it is planned for a future update.

Resupplying ships with life support can be helpful for increasing your effective total life support capacity, or if you want to perform actions that are specific to ships, such as the 10-minute rover expeditions. However, there is no point in resupplying a ship that will soon return to Earth.

## Upgrades

### Landing Pad

5 building materials
10 lifesupport
 Level 2
5 building materials
5 steel ingots
10 lifesupport
 Level 3
10 building materials
10 steel ingots
1 adv. tool
2 adv. building materials
20 lifesupport
 Level 4    | 15 tools
15 building materials
15 steel ingots
2 adv. tools
4 adv. building materials
30 lifesupport
 Level 5    | 20 tools
20 building materials
20 steel ingots
3 adv. tools
6 adv. building materials
40 lifesupport

### Chemical Fuel production module

3 building materials
5 steel ingots
10 lifesupport

### Repair ship module

4 adv tools
2 adv building materials
10 lifesupport