Pulse Conduit

Pulse Conduit transfers liquids in a forward direction. It moves liquid faster than a standard Conduit and provides greater internal storage, making it a higher-throughput, higher-capacity pipeline component for fluid logistics.

The block functions as a one-way fluid transporter: liquids enter from the back and are pushed forward through its facing direction. Compared with the baseline Conduit, Pulse Conduit increases per-tick throughput and acts as a short-term buffer because of its larger internal store. These characteristics make Pulse Conduit suitable where you need to accelerate flow, smooth out intermittent input, or maintain a stronger steady stream toward a processing building or tank.

Placement has terrain-dependent restrictions that must be observed. When built on Deep Water terrain, Pulse Conduit requires that at least one of the four orthogonally adjacent tiles (not counting diagonal corners) is either shallow water terrain or a non-liquid terrain. The same adjacency requirement applies when placing Pulse Conduit on tiles of Slag, Tar, Arkycite, or Cryofluid: at least one orthogonally adjacent tile must be shallow water or a non-liquid terrain. Failing to satisfy these adjacency conditions will prevent the block from being placed on those specialized liquid floors.

Practical considerations and usage notes:

• Use Pulse Conduit where Conduits would bottleneck throughput; its higher speed and storage reduce clogging and improve supply to high-demand buildings.
• Favor placing Pulse Conduits in runs where a directional, forward-only transfer is acceptable or desired; combine with regular Conduits and junctions to form more complex networks.
• When routing through or near Deep Water, Slag, Tar, Arkycite, or Cryofluid floor tiles, plan the layout so at least one orthogonal neighbor tile is shallow water or a non-liquid tile to meet placement constraints.
• Because Pulse Conduit has increased internal storage, it can act as a short buffer to absorb spikes in input; place them upstream of critical processors to stabilize supply.
• Verify orientation on placement to ensure liquids are pushed toward the intended destination; reversing a Pulse Conduit requires breaking and replacing it, as it enforces directional flow.

Pulse Conduit is a straightforward upgrade in fluid networks: higher speed and capacity for directional transport, with specific placement rules on certain liquid or deep-water terrains that must be respected during base planning and pipeline routing.