User Guide

CONTROLLING SOCIETY
CHAPTER 5
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ENERGY ALLOCATION
Each of your bases requires a certain amount of energy to maintain. It is up
to you, however, to decide how to best allocate your energy surplus. There are
three priorities among which you must divide your energy resources: Labs,
Psych and Economy.
Adjusting Energy Allocation. You allocate your energy using the three sliding
bars on the bottom of the Social Engineering Screen (see HQ Menu, p. 110).
You can increase or decrease any of the bars in increments of 10% (of your
total energy budget) if you L on the arrow icons: left to decrease, right to
increase. When you get one of the values to where you want it, you can L on
the lock icon to lock it down, and thereafter all exchanges are between the
other two values. (Otherwise the game decides how to add or subtract energy
when you alter the levels.)
At the start of the game your energy allocation is set to 50% Labs, 50%
Economy and 0% Psych.
• Labs. Lab investments go directly to research. The more you invest, the
faster you discover new technologies, facilities and Secret Projects.
• Psych. This investment is spent on recreation, culture and basic luxuries.
The more you invest in Psych, the more workers become talents, offsetting
the malcontent drones in your bases (see Citizens, p. 61).
• Economy. Energy reserved for Economy goes to support your existing base
facilities, with any excess stored in your energy reserve. The more you invest
in Economy, the more wealth you have available for emergencies.
Total Economy
Collected Each Turn
Number of Turns
between Research
Breakthroughs
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