User Guide

COLONIZING PLANET
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Likewise, if your base is not bringing in enough nutrients to support itself, the
projected decrease in the tanks is shown by bright squares outlined in red.
When the tanks are completely emptied, the base loses one unit of population
to starvation. The base continues to lose one citizen per turn thereafter, until
it reaches a population that can be supported by current nutrient production.
As your bases expand in size, the capacity of your nutrient tanks also expands. The
larger your base, the more excess nutrients you need to increase its size further.
COMMERCE INDEX
This screen records any ongoing trade between this base and any other fac-
tion. It displays the names of each faction you trade with, the diplomatic sta-
tus of that faction (see Diplomatic Relations, p. 129), any energy coming in
to that base, (i.e., +1) and energy from that base going to the faction being
traded with. In general, the closer your ties with another faction, and the larg-
er the faction, the more commerce increases.
BASE FACILITIES
This window (in the upper right of your Base Control
Screen) lists all the facilities that have been built in the base.
Some Secret Projects provide a certain type of facility in
each one of your bases. Such facilities appear dimmed in
the Base Facilities window. Facilities received as part of a
faction power (such as the Hive’s Perimeter Defenses and
the University’s Network Nodes) also appear dimmed in this
window. Facilities that are displayed with an asterisk (*) are
obsolete or redundant. They can be scrapped without fear of losing any of your
base’s abilities or capacity.
Amount of Energy this Base Receives
from this Commerce each Year
Faction with whom you have Commerce
Treaty Status with that Faction
Amount of Energy they are Receiving
from the Commerce.