Poly-Cog

The Poly-Cog is a Treatment machine, used only in Toad Hall by a Nurse to cure patients with Frogborne. It is first made available in Goldpan, which requires the Close Encounters DLC.

Appearance
The machine is L-shaped, and consists of three main interconnected sections, each made of pale green blocks with deep yellow edging. The first section sits astride a conveyer belt, sitting on a red and yellow base. It features two blue plates on its inner aspect, one of which features the green and red control buttons, two yellow cooling fans on the outer aspect, and an opening tray for the patient to enter into the machine.

The conveyer leads into the second section, which shares with the third section a rectangular green base with a blue surface. This section consists of two trapezoidal sections, the second, larger of which has a large cooling fan on its outer aspect, and a blue and black compressor on the top. A red pipe with a white cutout on top and white arrows painted on the side connects this to the third section, which is also trapezoidal. A blue block hangs over the front section, with several silver plates mounted into it. On its rear is a rounded section featuring a black sliding door.

The Poly-Cog II adds to this a green and yellow block on the outer aspect of the third section, featuring an air vent.

The Poly-Cog III further adds a blue and yellow block on the outer aspect of the second section, framing the existing cooling fan and adding another large vent above it.

Function
The patient's face plate is removed, revealing the frog creature controlling the body. The nurse directs the frog to jump onto the first section of the Poly-Cog, while the body is atomised in a colourful display of lights. The nurse presses the green button, while the frog is taken into the first section of the machine. As the nurse passes by, the patient will travel down the conveyer in a tray, into the second section. The compressor on top will rise and fall as the patient is transformed inside, while the nurse performs an athletic leap beneath the red connective tube. The sliding door to the third section will open in order to reveal the patient, in their anthropomorphic amphibian form, their treatment complete.

Maintenance
The Poly-Cog 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
The following Staff is required before Toad Hall, and by extension the Poly-Cog, will function correctly:

Additionally, the following staff is required to both maintain and upgrade the machine: Janitor (with Mechanics Qualification for upgrades)