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Economy Guide

Resource Triangle

Energy: Starbase upkeep, fleets, stations → Convert trade or build Dyson Sphere

Food: Often underestimated with organic ships → Don't neglect agriculture

Trade: Your gap-filler → Converts to whatever you're short on

Abundant Resources

Strategic Resources Stockpiles

  • Minerals: Plentiful
  • Consumer Goods: Covered by trade conversion
  • Alloys: Stockpile for wars
  • Strategic Resources: 100K+ stockpiles normal

Starbase Strategy

Trade Collection:

  • Trade hubs > solar panels
  • Offworld Trading Companies
  • Convert to Anchorages for war

Specialized Buildings:

  1. Black Hole Observatories/Nebula Refineries (always first)
  2. Pyroclastic Resonators (if excess gas income)
  3. Hydroponics Bays (10 food for 1 energy)

Economic Power

Core Sector Management View

Core sector alone (15 of 55 planets, 135K pops):

  • +4K energy, +1K minerals, +900 alloys
  • +2K food, +800 consumer goods
  • +4K unity, +4K research

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