how do i get rid of monos

[Tiberius664]

ok so on one of my sectors i want to have builder drone but i have monos taking up their slots so i can't build them,how do i get rid of unwanted monos?

[Bookslayer10]

I though the different types of drone should have independent unit caps, are you sure the monos are the problem? It might be some other issue.

If they still are, then you might be able to self-destruct them with a hotkey, I'm not sure. You also could pilot them into the landing zone to get them destroyed all in a group, but the sector needs to be under attack still. You could also blow them up with blast compound in a vault or even a thorium reactor meltdown, if you have that stuff unlocked.

[Tiberius664]

nah it was the monos they were at their unit cap so my air factories making them couldn't build anymore of them

[lonesh33p]

@Bookslayer10 you are correct about the independent caps. However, the factory will build the [17th] mono, and then hold it, displaying a red X IIRC. So it is clogged. If you have space, you can build a unit conveyor line from the factory output, and units [17 - 20] will go out on the conveyor and wait for units to be destroyed (or for your core to be upgraded).

If one used units for defense (which I never do), that might be a convenient way to have a unit reserve. But you can also add conveyor sections to unclog your factory. The only thing is, I'm not certain this works with fliers.

A steam generator will explode violently if fed with blast compound.

[lentil]

Thorium bomb your mono's.

[Underscorecow]

You can still make monos to upgrade into polys if they are direct fed into a conveyor or additive reconstructor