Ultrasonic Cannon

The Ultrasonic Cannon is a Treatment machine, used only in Pest Control by a Nurse to cure patients with Animal Magnetism. It is first made available for research in Flemington.

Appearance
The main body of the machine is in a light sandy brown, with darker edging. The control section is trapezium-shaped, with the controls and the cannon itself mounted at the wide end, while a large rectangle is used for the treatment section, with smaller plates on the two open sides.. On each of these sections, grey rectangular grips run the width. The treatment section has three sunken rails at the back and on each side of the rectangle. Each of the side rails is fitted with a tall, cream-coloured angled beam wrapped in brown material. On the inner surface of each of these, also coloured brown, are four silver air nozzles facing inwards. Two similarly-decorated beams are mounted towards the centre of the last rail, with a turquoise net with horizontal yellow stripes suspended between them. Underneath this is a semicircular plate, in brown with cream edging, and a dark pit in the centre.

The cannon itself is mounted on an angular console in the same cream and brown colouring. On the left is an orange-knobbed sliding lever, and on the right are two buttons in green and red. The cannon itself is round and orange, broken up by green bands. It sits on a grey mount, with two-handed joystick controls on the back with red trigger buttons.

The Ultrasonic Cannon II adds to this an extension of the side-plates on the rectangular section, bordered on each end by angled rectangular sections in the same brown with grey rectangular grips. Another pair of these are fitted either side of the cannon.

The Ultrasonic Cannon III further adds large angular sections in the usual cream and brown, at each corner of the rectangular section, being the same shape as the main body of the cannon console. A smaller pair of these are also added at the outer corners of the trapezium.

Function
The patient will take their place in the main body of the machine, while the nurse mans the controls of the cannon itself, and the two braces at the back of the machine move apart, opening the net ready for the process. The nurse will fire the cannon at the patient, creating fast-moving ultrasonic waves, which blast the patient, knocking the critters off them and into the net at the back. From here they drop into a pit beneath the net, perhaps to later be retrieved and sold to bored patients in the Dream Catcher Arcade.

To finalise the process, the two vertical beams on the sides of the machine will move back and forth past the patient, blowing cleansing air across them. Upon completion of this, the treatment is complete and the patient may leave.

Maintenance
The Ultrasonic Cannon loses 5-10% of its maintenance gauge with each use. Once the gauge falls below 50%, a Janitor will automatically be called to repair it. A janitor can be summoned manually by the player by pressing the appropriate button.

Should the maintenance gauge fall below 15%, the machine will catch fire. A janitor will need to use an Extinguisher to put this out before the gauge reaches zero; if it is allowed to do so, the machine will explode, leaving wreckage which must be sold and replaced with a new machine before the room can resume functioning.

Upgrades
Upgrades are performed by a Janitor with the Mechanics Qualification. The machine will not be accessible while this work is being done, although it can be interrupted and resumed without losing progress.

Staff
A will be required to run Pest Control, and by extension the Ultrasonic Cannon.

In addition, a will be required to maintain the machine, with  in order to provide upgrades.