Your colony is built atop a massive half-submerged fuel tanker truck. The vehicle is slowly sinking — you must build upward while racing against rising water levels.
Key Challenge
The tanker's deck tilts as water fills the hull. Every 10 in-game days, the tilt increases by 2 degrees. Buildings on the lower side of a tilted deck experience increased lateral stress. Structures that would be stable on a flat surface can collapse on a 6-degree tilt.
Strategy
- 1.
Build all heavy structures on the high side of the tilt from Day 1. As the tilt increases, the low side becomes progressively less safe for any construction. Use the high side as your production base and the low side only for Fishing Piers and boat docks.
- 2.
The stabilization objective requires the Engineers to research Hull Repair (unique to this scenario) and build 4 Hull Patch structures on the tanker's waterline. Each patch requires 10 concrete and 5 steel. Prioritize Concrete Mixing research — it is the critical path for scenario completion.
- 3.
Wind events on the Tanker are more dangerous than other scenarios because the tilt amplifies lateral force. Cross-brace every structure above 3 floors and build no structures more than 2 tiles wide on the tilted axis without internal columns.
Quick Tips
- ▶ The tanker's fuel reserves (accessible from Day 1) provide unlimited Fuel — use this to run a Distillation Tower from the start and never worry about water production again.
- ▶ Build horizontally rather than vertically until the Hull Repair research is complete and the tilt stabilizes.
- ▶ The Sailors are critical for this scenario — they can access the flooded city ruins adjacent to the tanker where large scrap and steel deposits exist.