Solar Sandstorm Salvaging

A catastrophic sandstorm ravaged the area, wreaking havoc on the solar panels and endangering the survival of the nearby colony.

As a skilled Solar Engineer, you have been dispatched by the owner of the Solar Oasis to restore the Solar Panels and ensure the uninterrupted power supply.

The panels have suffered varying levels of damage due to the sandstorm. Your expertise and tools are crucial in repairing the panels, addressing issues such as dust accumulation, frayed cables, and shattered glass.

As you repair the solar panels, you earn Solar Credits as a measure of your contribution to the colony's energy restoration. The owner is kind enough to exchange these credits alongside an empty cell for a fully charged one!

The owner has a pressing issue he wants you to take care of, but they also made a mention of their daughter needing a helping hand too, you can find her hanging out at the shelter, if you're up for an additional task!

But be wary, the owner gets impatient quickly, if you're not fast enough taking care of the hazards, they will hire another contractor.

Rolled a bad set of tools? The shady bro’s cantina might just be the place to fix that! They likely won’t offer the best bargain, well not from your side of the deal at least, but they might be able to salvage your run!

Gameplay:

* Collect tools in the Toolboxes scattered around the map
* Use these tools to take care of various hazards affecting the Solar Panels
* Moving around the map costs valuable time, if the owner runs out of patience, the game ends.
* Exchange Solar Credits and empty power cells for full power cells after taking care of hazards
* The owner asks you to direct your help, focusing on specific tasks, they'll be extra thankful if you manage to complete it.
* Check out the shelter for an additional task

Unused tokens are lost at the end of the game.

### Goal

The goal of the game for the player is helping out the owner in taking care of hazards on Solar Panels. To encourage you with helping, the owner will charge your empty power cells in exchange for 10 solar credits

In addition, during the first release of the Hex Game, Layne Dusk has asked the player to help him connecting the Solar Farms to his Energy Mainframe, if you manage to finish the Quest from the Owner during the "Rolling out of the Zipline Network" Event you will get a certificate from the owner, which you can use in the Tournament that will be running alongside the event.

### Items and Mechanics

 Potentially Broken Wires  | You will get these when you fix up the wiring of a Solar Panel. Gather enough of them and bring them to one of your Machine Shops. You might find some of them are still usable.

### Movement

You are only able to move to tiles adjacent to your current position in this game. Most of the movement actions will cost you 5 patience, unless you step on a special Tile like the Habitat, you can find more info in the #Tiles section of this page.

### Quests

The Owner of the Farm will give you a randomly assigned Quest. There are 4 different Quests you can get. After you finished this Quest, you can find the Owner in the Habitat and turn it in for some extra Reward.

The Daughter located in the Shelter also has an extra optional Task for you, this will be one of three different Tasks and can be part of the Owner's Quest. You can only complete the Daughter's Task in a Solar Panel that hasn't been fully inspected yet.

### **Tiles**

#### Solar Panels

These Solar Panels are the core of the Game, they are affected randomly by one of three different Hazards, indicated by the Icon on them. The player needs to take care of these hazards with the respective tool. They have varying levels of Hazards, so you may need multiple tools to take care of a hazard. Moving on a Solar Panel Tile incurrs a Patience Cost of 5.

 Solar Panel (Uncommon)
 Solar Panel (Rare)

All the Solar Panels have the respective Task to take of the Hazard they are affected by, and will unlock the Task to complete the Inspection when the Hazard is completely cleared (Hidden Hazard Level has been reduced to 0)

 Fix up the Wiring
 Install a new Glass Panel
 Mark for final inspection (Common Solar Panel)
 Mark for final inspection (Uncommon Solar Panel)
 Mark for final inspection (Rare Solar Panel)
5 - 10 x Patience Meter

#### Tool Boxes

There are two Boxes scattered around the Solar Panel Farm, containing a set of 5 to 7 random tools, you'll need these to complete the Objectives. Moving on these Tiles does not incurr Patience Cost

#### Habitat

The Habitat is where the Owner resides, be sure to visit him after you completed the Quest to get your Reward. Moving to the Habitat does not incurr Patience Cost.

#### Shelter

You can meet the Owner's Daughter in the Shelter, she will give you a random additional Task. You don't need to return to her after you finished the Task. Moving to the Shelter does not incurr any Patience Cost.

#### Cantina

An outpost of the Shady Bro's Cantina chain, they offer to take in your unused tools in exchange for credits, and will even give you a chance to win some additional ones with your credits. If you rolled a bad set of tools, or have a few you don't need, be sure to visit them. There's also been rumors of a special Guest showing up very rarely..

Moving to the Cantina incurrs a cost of 5 Patience.

 Gamble for random tools
12.5% 2 x Random Hazard Tool
37.5% Nothing

#### Empty Tile

Moving across empty tiles to get to other Buildings will cost 5 Patience.

### Achievements

The following Achievements can be acquired while playing this game

in the Solar Sandstorm Salvage Hex Game
X = 25
X = 500
X = 1000
X = 5000
 Finish the Owner's Quest (X) times.
X = 10
X = 100
X = 300
X = 750
X = 2500

In addition there is a very rare chance of a secret Easteregg that will yield an Achievement if you encounter it.