Listening Kit
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| “ | A device used to intercept enemy radio broadcasts transmitted from nearby sources. | „ |
| — In-game description |
The Listening Kit (colloquially known as a LK) is a large item placed on Tripods that allows Factions to intercept Map Intelligence from enemy Watch Towers and other intelligence producing structures.
Description
The Listening Kit must be placed within 80 meters of an enemy intelligence producing structure, including Watch Towers, Observation Towers, Observation Bunkers, Light Utility Vehicles or Radio Backpacks. When placed, the Listening Kit will copy any intelligence within that 80 meters. It constantly emits a soft "Beep Beep" which can be heard from up to 35 meters away. The listening kit and its tripod fully decay after 48 hours. Decay can occur much faster if placed in the fast decay zone near a Region border.
The listening kit's decay can be prevented by being placed in range of a friendly base or Maintenance Tunnel, which in combination with natural obstacles like rivers and mountains can occasionally allow listening kits to tap enemy watchtowers from "safe" positions without decaying.
The enemy intelligence producing structures that are spied on appear on your map and their icon is blinking.
Since tripods and the item mounted on them are not faction locked, you can disassemble enemy listening kits you find and place them again to switch their faction to your own.
Like other tripod mounted items Listening Kits can be hidden in bushes.
Since enemy intel-gathering structures stop working if they are within 220 meters on their side of a Frontier Border, then friendly Listening Kits placed near them won't intercept anything.
As a Large Item, a soldier can only carry one at a time, on their shoulder
Production
| Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factory (Utility) | 150 x Basic Materials  |
Crate of 5 x Listening Kit  |
00:01:00 |
Must be fully researched in the Weapons and Structures 
Tech Tree in order to be produced.
Storage
It does not stack in inventories (1 per slot).
Unlike most Large Items, it can only be stored in the stockpiles of Bases (32k max), it does not fit in Material Pallets, Rooster - Tumblebox Trailer, Material Transfer Stations, or Storage Rooms.
Crates of Listening Kit can be directly submitted to any item stockpile that accepts that item to transfer their content. The crates can also be stored in the crate stockpiles of Storage Depots (1000 public, 100 per Reserve Stockpile), Seaports (1000 public, 100 per Reserve Stockpile), Shipping Containers (60), or Storage Ships (1000).
It can be transported by almost any vehicle with inventory slots. However it is much more efficient to transport it in bulk amounts as crates, either delivering them to a Base's stockpile with a Truck or to a crate stockpile with shipping vehicles carrying Shipping Containers.
Gallery
Listening Kit installed on a Tripod.
Soldier carrying a Listening Kit.
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