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Fusion Fuel Production

A simple, dirty, but functional mod that is a test of a method for making fusion fuel using Ice and Magnesium.

Adds a (Modified Arc Furnace) Deuterium Cyclotron that turns water ice into Deuterium Oxide (D2O) at a 3000:1 ratio. The ice is lost and not generated into hydrogen or oxygen gas, the tradeoff for using the ice for fuel instead of air (subject to change) This process also produces Protium Oxide ((1)H2O) with a slight loss. P2O can be used identically to Ice, though its physical model outside of inventories is a pink blob...for...some reason.

P2O and D2O given some defined VoxelMaterials to resolve their lack of models as floating objects. Set their asteroid spawn probabilities to zero, hopefully ensuring that these materials will never generate naturally.

Adds an assembler blueprint in Components to construct a D-T Fuel Capsule out of 2 kg D2O and 3 kg MgLi. This produces a single 5kg D-T Fuel Capsule, improving the overall power efficiency of using fusion energy. This is pretty important, since the assembly time for a single capsule takes a solid 5 minutes!

Adds a type of Lithium metal and a recipe to extract Lithium and other metals and Silicon from Gravel; requires a tonne of Gravel for about 20kg of Li, 300kg of Si, and tens of kilos of other common vanilla metals. This Lithium is typed as Ingot/FF_Lithium to avoid conflicts, but regrettably this will not allow Industrial Overhaul's or other mods that add Lithium types to be used.

Adds modified reactors. Small-grid versions produce 6MW and 175MW, respectively, and the large-grids produce 150MW and 4GW, respectively.

All reactors require Superconductors in addition to standard reactor components - parts given a few balance passes for survival.

This is more of a test and balance work than a finished mod. Reuse in other, more fancy, polished mods is encouraged as long as credit is given.