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Aqueduct Pump

Initial point for an aqueduct to begin. Used in the Test of Life.

To build:

Construction costs:

• 800 steel wire
• 800 copper wire
• 1 cistern
• 70k Raeli Tiles:white
• 35k Raeli Tiles:greenish
• 35k Raeli Tiles:yellowish
• 35k Raeli Tiles:pinkish
• 70k Raeli Tiles:black
• 100k Raeli Tiles:any color tiles
• 50k Rotproof Rigid Nontoxic boards
• 10k concrete
• 100 Oyster Shell marble
• 100 Night Granite
• 100 Grey Star marble

Built: in an aqueduct construction site by the Nile (actually in water)

Skill/Tech required: must be signed up for the Test of Life

Increase Size Costs

Pumps start at size 100. If you assume the size is actual size - 100, the following formulae work:

For people who don't do calculus, the easy way

First of all, these equations only work at size 100. Any other size, and you will get incorrect values.

Be sure to remember that actual size is actually the size minus 100!

To get accurate values, do f(x) - f(y), where x = size of the tower you are building to, and y = current tower size, and don't round until the final value. Due to rounding errors, your answer may be + or - one, especially on the fractional functions.

Functions:

Resource	Equation
Bricks	200x + x^2
Concrete	10x + .05x^2
Cut Stone	3.7x + .013x^2

Gearboxes are required every time multiple of 5, and pipe segments are required every multiple of 10.

For people who do calculus, the faster, more accurate way

Just integrate the functions with bounds equal to the point that you start, and the point you end, with respect to x.

Your slopes, for ease of use:

Functions:

Resource	Slope
Bricks	200 + 2x
Concrete	10 + .1x
Cut Stone	3.7 + .026x

• All of this may be overly complicated - if it's not needed, we can remove the calculus section.
• Any questions about the functions should be directed to Apophis, as he computed them.

Cistern Upgrades

Cisterns' capacity can now be increased via upgrading. Pumping the aqueduct reports the current maximum cistern capacity along with the current level. Here's what you need to upgrade:

To Reach Capacity	Tar	Leather	Canvas	Cable
200k	200	300	250	10
300k	400	600	500	20
400k	600	900	750	30
500k	800	1200	1000	40
600k	1000	1500	1250	50
700k	1200	1800	1500	60
800k	1400	2100	1750	70
900k	1600	2400	2000	80
1m	1800	2700	2250	90

Comments

Verified tile colors that match the requirements:

• Greenish - Dark Green, Forest Green, Lime Green, Medium Spring Green, Spring Green
• Yellowish - Green Yellow, Yellow Green
• Pinkish - Deep Pink, Hot Pink, Light Pink

Each time you upgrade by 100 the next 100 costs extra bricks, concrete and cut stones e.g.

• 100-200 = 30k bricks, 1500 concrete, 502 cut stone
• 200-300 = 50k bricks, 2500 concrete, 767 cut stone
• 300-400 = 70k bricks, 3500 concrete, 1033 cut stone

x = start height
y = final height
b = total bricks needed to upgrade
c = total concrete
cs = total cut stones

b = (x + y) * 100
c = (x + y) * 5
cs = ?

These are a work in progress and only hold for full 100 upgrades at the moment.

Gearboxes have remained at 20 per 100 upgrade and clay pipes have remained at 10.

Pictures of a test setup (Pharaoh's Aqueduct Pump in Lower Nubia by the Nile (881, -4919) - torn down now