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TL;DR

Turret coverage should show lightning protection too.

What?

Fulgora's lightning protection should be visible in the map without enabling a debug setting. Turret coverage indicates areas protected from damage, and lightning collectors perform the same function, so it's natural that they have the same role. There is no reason to ever have both turrets AND lightning collectors, so the functionality will not conflict.

The "turret coverage" button should be renamed to "lightning protection" when viewing the map on Fulgora, just like "Pollution" is renamed to "Spores" on Gleba.

Why?

Ensuring lightning coverage of a base is important to avoid logistic bot attrition, and currently it's awkwardly buried in a debug menu, or only visible when building a new lightning collector.

I'd rather have a new button. There's a few gaps on that cluster of buttons, so adding one more wouldn't make it take up more space.