Pipe
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| “ | Used to construct various types of pipelines for transporting liquids. | „ |
| — In-game description |
A Pipe is a Large Material used in the construction of Pipelines for transporting liquids to various Facilities. It is a Large Item carried on a soldier's shoulder.
Production
| Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metalworks Factory | 3 x Processed Construction Materials  5 MW of power  |
1 x Pipe  |
00:02:00 |
Tier 2 Facilities must be fully researched in the Weapons and Structure 
Tech Tree in order to be produced.
Pipes in personal orders can be retrieved as crates from a logistics vehicle with RMB > "Retrieve as crate" (2 per crate).
Use
They can be used to build Pipeline, Pipeline (Underground), Pipeline (Overhead), Pipeline Valve, Fuel Silo. To build with them, equip them and press B to open the building menu, then select an option and rotate the blueprint with Right Click and place it with Left Click. When the blueprint is placed, submit your large materials with Left Click, and bring more large materials until completion.
Handling
As Large Items, a soldier can only carry one at a time, on their shoulder. You can press V to either pick one from the ground, drop one, or submit one to a nearby structure. You can force drop one by pressing Shift + V.
Storage
It does not stack in inventories (1 per slot). It can be stored in the stockpiles of Bases (32k max), Facilities that produces it (32k), Material Pallets (120), Material Transfer Stations (1000), Rooster - Tumblebox Trailer (32), and Small Flatbed Car (100).
It can be crated (need stack of 2 per crate) and uncrated with the right click context menu while interfacing a Seaport, Storage Depot, or Shipping Container.
Crates of Pipe 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, 300 per Reserve Stockpile), Seaports (1000 public, 300 per Reserve Stockpile), Shipping Containers (60), or Storage Ships (1000).
It can be transported by almost any vehicle with inventory slots, but is most commonly transported by Trucks, Small Flatbed Car, or shipping vehicles carrying Material Pallets. Delivering it in crate form is possible but extremely inefficient.
Gallery
A Colonial soldier carrying a Pipe
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