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I also decided it would not be a matter of major consequence to move forward a couple of months to the next research choice. All that happened in the interim was that the Fist of Boojie completed repairs and were sent out again, as well as debris analysis in Kergaros resulting in minor advances in the Amoeba Breeding Program.
On 2240.05.02, Planetary Unification was finished. The other active research projects still have years left on them.
Research Director's Briefing: Dr. David Corperial
An interesting set of choices for the Society Dept. this time around.
** Colonial Centralization(New Worlds, 26 mo.) -- Unlocks Planetary Edict: Production Targets, which increases minerals by 15% for 10 years. More significantly, it unlocks the Planetary Capital building. This is the next level of improvement for planetary government. Currently colonies progress from Reassembled Ship Shelter to Planetary Administration and stop there. The Planetary Capital increases food and mineral production in the administrative province. The adjacency bonus of Planetary Administration(+1 food, +1 energy, +1 minerals to any of the four adjacent provinces that produce those resources) is doubled to +2 as well. Finally, more advanced provincial buildings, such as the already discovered Biolab II, have the required administrative support to be built. This is a major step forward in planetary output.
** Orbital Hydroponics(Biology, 11 months) -- Unlocks the spaceport module of Hydroponic Farms, which allows 3 food to be grown in space, allowing the planet to be used for other resource development. These are automated farms, requiring no population. They can be particularly useful in quickly developing fairly new colonies by boosting population growth. There is a risk involved though. Should the spaceport be destroyed, the population may stagnate or even have to invoke rationing which would lower the productivity of the entire planet.
** Engos Vapor Refining(Biology, 21 months) -- Unlocks the strategic resource Engos Vapor, and the associated spaceport module Engos Refinery. These refineries boost the damage of all energy-based ship weaponry by 10%, presumably for all ships built at the specified spaceport. As with all strategic resources, we won't know if we possess any until the research is done, as part of the process is learning how to detect deposits of it.
** Amoeba Breeding Program(Biology, 32/76 mo.)
Dr. David Corperial, you are on the clock again. Making up for lost time lately with a number of advances.
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