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[The Burning Sun]

4 Some reason NS won't let me edit my posts...

Did you try to do it as the planet alt?

[Harkback Union]

4 Some reason NS won't let me edit my posts...

Did you try to do it as the planet alt?

No, with this account, it gives me:
"Server Error! Sorry. We failed to connect you with the NationStates Metaverse."

Gonna try again sometime later.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Offhand, I believe Alien Botanics is necessary to harvest Spice in Xenofungus and Arctic regions.

There's no evidence of that in the description of Spice or Alien Botanics.

Evidence schmevidence. Hark has noted that it will be harvested with tech, and the Botanics equivalent was what allowed harvesting last game.

[The Burning Sun]

There's no evidence of that in the description of Spice or Alien Botanics.

Evidence schmevidence. Hark has noted that it will be harvested with tech, and the Botanics equivalent was what allowed harvesting last game.

Until Hark says otherwise, don't go assuming you can get it just cuz you have the tech, though.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Evidence schmevidence. Hark has noted that it will be harvested with tech, and the Botanics equivalent was what allowed harvesting last game.

Until Hark says otherwise, don't go assuming you can get it just cuz you have the tech, though.

Assumptions are way too much fun though.

[Harkback Union]

I will add tier 3 tech to allow spice harvesting.

It will be really valuable, and useable in multiple ways, to gain harmony, energy or research!

[G-Tech Corporation]

I will add tier 3 tech to allow spice harvesting.

It will be really valuable, and useable in multiple ways, to gain harmony, energy or research!

Hmm. Back to the drawing board it is then.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Luckily we didn’t need that spice anyway. It just would’ve been useful to juice up the researchers.

[World Census Organization]

Can I propose that Renewable Energy Plants (REP) be reduced to 1 BP + 1 BP per built?
I mean, just looking at the facilities available, all of them need Energy, and the only non-location basedfacilities that produce energy efficiently are Fission Reactors and REP.
I mean Coal Plants are ok, but is not an efficient trade even with Exoplanet Geology. (Especially since there is apparently an unseen limit on them?)

I mean pre-Exoplanet Geology, they are a hindrance : 1 Worker for 2 Energy
You need to feed that worker, so +1 Forager, OR -1 Energy and +1 Worker
Now you are at -4 Harmony, so you need to boost it with Infirmary or Rec Commons (-1 Energy)
At best, you now have +1 Energy or +1Food for -2 Harmony

[The Burning Sun]

Can I propose that Renewable Energy Plants (REP) be reduced to 1 BP + 1 BP per built?
I mean, just looking at the facilities available, all of them need Energy, and the only non-location basedfacilities that produce energy efficiently are Fission Reactors and REP.
I mean Coal Plants are ok, but is not an efficient trade even with Exoplanet Geology. (Especially since there is apparently an unseen limit on them?)

I mean pre-Exoplanet Geology, they are a hindrance : 1 Worker for 2 Energy
You need to feed that worker, so +1 Forager, OR -1 Energy and +1 Worker
Now you are at -4 Harmony, so you need to boost it with Infirmary or Rec Commons (-1 Energy)
At best, you now have +1 Energy or +1Food for -2 Harmony

I'm ok with that.

There should probably also be a way to boost Hydroponics Facilities, since IRL they are WAY more productive per person than a plantation is.

[Seno Zhou Varada]

Can I propose that Renewable Energy Plants (REP) be reduced to 1 BP + 1 BP per built?
I mean, just looking at the facilities available, all of them need Energy, and the only non-location basedfacilities that produce energy efficiently are Fission Reactors and REP.
I mean Coal Plants are ok, but is not an efficient trade even with Exoplanet Geology. (Especially since there is apparently an unseen limit on them?)

I mean pre-Exoplanet Geology, they are a hindrance : 1 Worker for 2 Energy
You need to feed that worker, so +1 Forager, OR -1 Energy and +1 Worker
Now you are at -4 Harmony, so you need to boost it with Infirmary or Rec Commons (-1 Energy)
At best, you now have +1 Energy or +1Food for -2 Harmony

+1 vote from me. Although I of course have a bit of an interest of getting my energy cheap.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Hm. Well, right now Renewables are pretty balanced, in my opinion, at 2. The same price as an Industrial Plant they can run, buildable anywhere. The +1 per Renewable is harsh, but I suppose understandable given each Base now has infinite build space.

[The Burning Sun]

Hm. Well, right now Renewables are pretty balanced, in my opinion, at 2. The same price as an Industrial Plant they can run, buildable anywhere. The +1 per Renewable is harsh, but I suppose understandable given each Base now has infinite build space.

I mean every base used to have infinite build space, you just had to pay more. But then again power plants used to be like 5 BP.

[The Empire of Tau]

Part I.
Faction Leader: Pastukh Dionisiy Tarasovich
Faction Leader Appearance:

Faction Leader Biography: Born in the city of Moscow, July 16th, 2034. Pastukh Dionisiy Tarasovich was a normal guy with a normal life to boot. Once managing to pass his needed education; he went on to study the general fields of psychology, civics, and ethics & government. Later, once the Harmony Initiative was activated, Pastukh Dionisiy Tarasovich was picked among candidates to colonize space. From there, his story beings.
Part II.
Faction Name: Под Одним Единством
Faction Color: Dark Blue.
Faction Ideology: Totalism Socialism, Socialism in One Country, State Atheism, Industrialism.

[Harkback Union]

Can I propose that Renewable Energy Plants (REP) be reduced to 1 BP + 1 BP per built?
I mean, just looking at the facilities available, all of them need Energy, and the only non-location basedfacilities that produce energy efficiently are Fission Reactors and REP.
I mean Coal Plants are ok, but is not an efficient trade even with Exoplanet Geology. (Especially since there is apparently an unseen limit on them?)

I mean pre-Exoplanet Geology, they are a hindrance : 1 Worker for 2 Energy
You need to feed that worker, so +1 Forager, OR -1 Energy and +1 Worker
Now you are at -4 Harmony, so you need to boost it with Infirmary or Rec Commons (-1 Energy)
At best, you now have +1 Energy or +1Food for -2 Harmony

I'm ok with that.

There should probably also be a way to boost Hydroponics Facilities, since IRL they are WAY more productive per person than a plantation is.

I was actually planning to make plantations more efficient by using no energy.

Sure, hydroponics don't need you to plow fields, manually water the crops and worry about bad weather, but you do have a pretty high upfront cost of building the equipment, and you also need to gather the right nutrients, which can be somewhat difficult in a toxic alien world.

Plantations make use of native plants, since the alien botanics tech identifies which part is edible.

[Harkback Union]

Part I.
Faction Leader: Pastukh Dionisiy Tarasovich
Faction Leader Appearance:

(Image)

Faction Leader Biography: Born in the city of Moscow, July 16th, 2034. Pastukh Dionisiy Tarasovich was a normal guy with a normal life to boot. Once managing to pass his needed education; he went on to study the general fields of psychology, civics, and ethics & government. Later, once the Harmony Initiative was activated, Pastukh Dionisiy Tarasovich was picked among candidates to colonize space. From there, his story beings.
Part II.
Faction Name: Под Одним Единством
Faction Color: Dark Blue.
Faction Ideology: Totalism Socialism, Socialism in One Country, State Atheism, Industrialism.

Sorry, but I think we alrea...

Wai...

Socialism in one country?
State Atheism?
Industry first?

Welcome to the party tavarish Tarasovich!

[G-Tech Corporation]

I'm ok with that.

There should probably also be a way to boost Hydroponics Facilities, since IRL they are WAY more productive per person than a plantation is.

I was actually planning to make plantations more efficient by using no energy.

Sure, hydroponics don't need you to plow fields, manually water the crops and worry about bad weather, but you do have a pretty high upfront cost of building the equipment, and you also need to gather the right nutrients, which can be somewhat difficult in a toxic alien world.

Plantations make use of native plants, since the alien botanics tech identifies which part is edible.

Perhaps a Tier 3 tech eliminates the energy cost as better understanding of the alien biology eliminates the need for microclimate maintenance and whatnot.

[Harkback Union]

I was actually planning to make plantations more efficient by using no energy.

Sure, hydroponics don't need you to plow fields, manually water the crops and worry about bad weather, but you do have a pretty high upfront cost of building the equipment, and you also need to gather the right nutrients, which can be somewhat difficult in a toxic alien world.

Plantations make use of native plants, since the alien botanics tech identifies which part is edible.

Perhaps a Tier 3 tech eliminates the energy cost as better understanding of the alien biology eliminates the need for microclimate maintenance and whatnot.

And also unlocks the mysteries of spice!

[The Empire of Tau]

Ah, yes, so it beings.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Perhaps a Tier 3 tech eliminates the energy cost as better understanding of the alien biology eliminates the need for microclimate maintenance and whatnot.

And also unlocks the mysteries of spice!

Blegh. Boo hiss.

[The Burning Sun]

And also unlocks the mysteries of spice!

Blegh. Boo hiss.

Tier 3? Guess we can forget about that for a while...

[Harkback Union]

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[G-Tech Corporation]

Network Link - 2BP, 1 RP, Information Networks - Allows your faction to exchange RP and technologies with any other Faction that also has a Network link built in one of their bases.

I decided its best not to charge people energy for tech trading, should make things a bit more easy to manage.

Hmm. Interesting. So tech advancement will be measured mainly by the number of allies you can accrue.

[Harkback Union]

Blegh. Boo hiss.

Tier 3? Guess we can forget about that for a while...

8 turns with a research lab, counting all the prerequisites!

[Harkback Union]

Network Link - 2BP, 1 RP, Information Networks - Allows your faction to exchange RP and technologies with any other Faction that also has a Network link built in one of their bases.

I decided its best not to charge people energy for tech trading, should make things a bit more easy to manage.

Hmm. Interesting. So tech advancement will be measured mainly by the number of allies you can accrue.

And the effectiveness of your spy network!