Deployer

Deployer
Unpacks into a completed unit Lua ID c_deployer Size Internal

This internal component can be used to store and place buildings and units. The stored frame will maintain all equipped components and register settings.

The Deployer is reusable.

Recipe

Circuit Board	Crystal Chunk		Deployer
1	5

Produced by

Assembler	Time
	6 seconds

Required Technology

Advanced Logistics

Storing

After equipping a unit with a Deployer, the GUI will offer a "Acquire" button next to it. Click on it and then click an entity that you want to store. The unit will move into range of the target and start packaging, which takes roughly 6 seconds.

Deploying

When a frame is stored in the Deployer, it can be unpacked and placed within the world. To do so, use the button "Deploy" next to the Deployer. After clicking you can choose a spot and click it. The unit will move to that spot and place the frame, which takes roughly 6 seconds.

Limitations

• When picking up an entity with a Deployer, that entity's inventory items will be dropped on the ground
• A Deployer can't pick up any entity with a Deployer equipped on it (i.e. no recursion)
• A Deployer can't pick up any entity that has items in its components (e.g. Drones in a Drone Port or Blight Extraction in an Internal Blight Container)
• A Deployer can't pick up any entity that can't be made into a blueprint (e.g. a Re-simulator)

Common use cases

Moving buildings

If you want to reorganize your base, you can move buildings using units equipped with Deployers instead of deconstructing them with a Deconstructor and rebuilding them.

Deploy remote infrastructure

If you want to start a remote base, such as a mining outpost, a wind farm on a plateau, you can prepare the necessary buildings in your base. Build a frame, equip the needed components, set a registers and then store it in a Deployer.

This is faster than hauling individual components and frame ingredients to the site. A Scout for example, can carry up to 8 Deployers (1 small slot, 3 internal slots + 4 inventory spaces).

Deploy a surprise army

You can use a Deployer to "summon" units to help you in battle or transportation.