Powerplants

Power, Electricity, Steam, and Shaft Power, are required to operate various subsystems on a construct.
What exactly is "Power", if it's neither electrical or mechanical, nor steam? Not a clue. Probably some kind of hydraulic drive system, but nobody knows for sure. Not even the developers, so stop asking.

Whatever they are, Powerplants are the category of subsystems which are responsible for the generation of some -or all- of the above.

Powerplant Sources

These are a powerplant's starting point, and continuously consume a base resource in order to generate some kind of power. Aside of the RTG, these require some additional parts in order to do their thing, but those

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Name	Fuel > Output	Notes
Otto Engine and Generator	Otto Fuel > Hydraulic Power and/or Electricity	Requires at least one connected Cylinder in order to function.
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator	Time > Electricity	Yes, that's a joke. The "fuel" is built into the RTG from the start, and is thus included in the construction cost. Batteries are required to store energy and use power generated by RTGs.
Steam Boiler Controller	Materials > Steam	Maximum rate of Steam generation depends upon the number of attached boiler drums. Without them, it does nothing.

Converters

These are components, or component assemblies, which convert one type of power into another.

Power converters

Name	Conversion	Conversion Ratios?	Notes
Electric Motor	Electricity > Hydraulic Power	TBD	Must be directly attached to a battery
Jet Generator	Thrust > Hydraulic Power and/or Electricity	TBD	Are we converting thrust into power, or are we just making power instead of thrust?
Shaft Generator	Shaft Power > Electricity	TBD
Shaft Motor	Hydraulic Power > Shaft Power	TBD	Commonly used to create Azipods.
Steam Piston	Steam > Hydraulic Power and/or Shaft Power	TBD	Will only function properly when part of a Reciprocating Steam Engine component assembly
Steam Turbine Generator	Steam > Electricity	TBD