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Designed to burn anywhere in the Solar System, the EZC magnesium fusee supplies its own oxygen to fuel combustion, and dispel the eternal night of space.

Description

Road Flare
Properties
Stacks	Yes (20)
Paintable	yes
Recipes
Tool Manufactory	1g Iron
Logic
Item Hash	871811564
Item Name	ItemRoadFlare
Logic Classes	SlotClass.Flare SortingClass.Default
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Road Flares are part of the starting gear and provide short-duration illumination with a distinct red glow. Each flare burns for approximately 3 minutes before burning out. While lit, the flare continuously releases heat energy into the surrounding atmosphere, and can ignite combustible gas mixtures in the area. They can be painted with Spray Paint to change their glow color.

Usage

Hold secondary use to light a flare while holding it. Lit flares can be thrown by pressing the throw key. A single flare separates from the stack when lit, leaving the remainder in hand.

Flares add heat to the local atmosphere each tick while burning. This makes them useful as a cheap heat source, but caution is required around combustible gas mixtures. If ignition is a concern, consider using a Chem Light instead.

A lit flare placed inside a container with an internal atmosphere (such as a Portable Gas Tank) will heat and potentially ignite the gas stored inside.

Road flares can also be loaded into a Flare Gun as ammunition, in which case the fired flare deploys a parachute and descends slowly to provide overhead illumination.

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+ |            name = Road Flare
+ |           image = [[File:ItemRoadFlare.png]]
+ |          stacks = 20
+ |       paintable = yes
+ | recipe_machine1 = Tool Manufactory
+ |    recipe_cost1 = 1g Iron
+ |      prefabhash = 871811564
+ |      prefabname = ItemRoadFlare
+ |      slot_class = SlotClass.Flare
+ |    sorting_class = SortingClass.Default
+}}
+{{Stationpedia|Designed to burn anywhere in the Solar System, the EZC magnesium fusee supplies its own oxygen to fuel combustion, and dispel the eternal night of space.}}
-{{Itembox
+= Description =
- | name        = Road Flare
+Road Flares are part of the starting gear and provide short-duration illumination with a distinct red glow. Each flare burns for approximately 3 minutes before burning out. While lit, the flare continuously releases heat [[energy]] into the surrounding [[atmosphere]], and can ignite combustible gas mixtures in the area. They can be painted with [[Spray Paint]] to change their glow color.
- | image       =  [[File:{{#setmainimage:ItemRoadFlare.png}}]]
- | stacks      = 20x
- | createdwith = [[Fabricator]], [[Tool Manufacturer]]
- | cost        = 1g [[Iron Ingot]]
-}}
-== Description == [[Road Flare | Road Flares]] are part of the [[Starting Gear| Starting Gear]]. They burn for a short period of time and give out a distinct red glow in a small area. In a zero atmosphere environment, a road flare burns for approximately 5 minutes and 5 seconds. Further testing required for different environments/configuration.
+= Usage =
+Hold secondary use to [[light]] a flare while holding it. Lit flares can be thrown by pressing the throw key. A single flare separates from the stack when lit, leaving the remainder in hand.
-Flares can be painted with [[Spray Paint]] to change their color, loaded as ammunition on the [[Flare Gun]]'s internal magazine, and placed inside the [[Portable Gas Tank]]'s canister slot to ignite combustible mixtures stored inside.
+Flares add heat to the local atmosphere each [[tick]] while burning. This makes them useful as a cheap heat source, but caution is required around combustible gas mixtures. If ignition is a concern, consider using a [[Chem Light]] instead.
-== Use == Hold right click with it selected on-hand to light it. They are throwable holding Q.
+A lit flare placed inside a container with an internal atmosphere (such as a [[Portable Gas Tank]]) will heat and potentially ignite the gas stored inside.
-It can generate heat and could be use as a cheap heat source to heat up a room or portable gas tank.
-Beware as it can ignite combustible mixtures present around it! If this is a concern, consider using a [[Chem Light]] instead.
-The total heat energy of one road flare used to be 600kJ. However, current testing suggests that road flares no longer release any signficant heat (>5kJ), though may still ignite fuel mixtures in rooms.
+Road flares can also be loaded into a [[Flare Gun]] as ammunition, in which case the fired flare deploys a parachute and descends slowly to provide overhead illumination.