Stationeers: How to Connect Bases with Power Pylons and the Cable Gun

Choose the network connection you need

Power Pylons carry both power and data over distance. They bridge two cable networks into one network rather than operating as an ordinary cable piece. Use a Power Pylon Terminus at each end to connect the line to the base’s cable network. Plan the terminus locations as the two ends of that connection before constructing the span between them. [1]

Steps

1. Build pylons from the Power Pylon Kit and connect them using Super Heavy Cable. Keep each span within the documented 40-metre distance. [1]

Connect the ends and understand disconnection

The end structures tie the pylon line into the cable networks at each base. Wire cutters are the documented tool for disconnecting a pylon link and returning its cable. Deconstructing a pylon also returns disconnected cables, but those cables drop at the structure position rather than directly into the hand. These are two different ways of dismantling a link. [1]

Steps

1. Use a Terminus at both ends to attach the pylon line to the intended base networks. Use wire cutters when you want to remove an individual link. [1]

Prepare cable supply for straight runs

The Cable Gun and Electrical Belt are printed in the Tool Manufactory. The belt has six cable slots, and the gun can reload from it mid-run when its own coil empties. The gun works with all three cable-coil types. Select the cable appropriate to the run you are building, and keep additional coils available in the belt if you want that automatic reload. [1]

Steps

1. Print the Cable Gun and Electrical Belt, and fill the belt’s cable slots for the cabling job. The belt can also receive deconstructed cable when your hands are full and a slot has space. [1]

Lay a straight cable section

The Cable Gun uses a click-to-start, click-to-finish action. Its tooltip shows the run’s length and material cost, and it uses long cable variants where possible. Its inability to merge cables or place around corners remains a limitation even when additional coils are available; the belt extends supply, rather than changing the shape the tool can draw. [1]

Steps

1. Click once to begin the straight run, inspect the length and cost shown in the tooltip, then click again to finish. [1]

Check what deconstruction will return

The update permits some more expensive materials to replace cheaper construction materials, including Heavy Cable Coil in place of Cable Coil. Deconstruction returns the item the recipe originally called for. If you used that substitution, a returned ordinary coil is the documented refund behavior and does not alone prove the refund hotfix failed. [1]