Beta 3
Service manuals
Every device in Silicon Pirates Beta 3 has a manual here, the way real kit does. In the game, the bookshelf in your room holds the handbook and a manual for every system, and man <topic> prints them at the terminal.
Power
- 1U PDU: the starter unit, 100 W, nine outlets. Free in your first crates.
- 1U PDU 500: tier 2, 500 W. $180.
- 1U PDU 1500: tier 3, 1,500 W, a whole wall circuit. $450.
- 1U UPS: a rack battery for what matters. $350.
Servers
- 1U Server: compute rental and the application stack. $100.
- 1U Terminal Server: the console, the shell, scripts and cron. $150.
- 1U Automation Server: channels that switch lights, pumps, fans and devices. $260.
Network
- 1U Edge Router: the uplink, dual WAN and your public IP. $100.
- 1U 8 Port Switch: DHCP, name servers and your own domain. $300.
- 2U 24 Port Switch: twenty-four jacks in two rows. $950.
- 1U 8-Port Patch Panel: a wire between racks and rooms. $40.
- 1U Firewall: heat, IPS, stealth and your security posture. $200.
Storage
- 1U NAS Server: eight bays, 64 TB raw as shipped. $300.
- 2U RAID NAS: sixteen bays, 160 TB raw as shipped. $700.
Mining
- 1U Crypto Rig: four board slots, one PSU. $400.
- 4U Mining Frame: eight board slots, three PSUs. $1,500.
Topics
- Quick start: your first hour.
- Power: circuits, strips, chains and overload.
- The internet: lines, plans, invoices and dual WAN.
- Rooms and racks: the Back Room, the Basement and lab tiers.
- The workbench: parts, fits and upgrades.
- Faults: the response window.
- Contracts: clients, standing and quick jobs.
- Markets: coins, the wallet, crashes.
- Farming: beds, water, harvests and crosses.
- The net: scan, break in, or report.
- Auto services: what the lab can do for you.
- The arcade: four games and the ROMs they need.