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Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets?

Sat, 14 May 2005 20:25

Wreck

Crewman 3rd Class

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Location: Maryland

Red planets have a maxpop of 5% of a 100% world. So you can put 55000 on the typical red (assuming OBRM) and get full productivity, including running mines and factories. You can also overpop red worlds and get the normal pop resources for overpopping.

This is generally the best use for pop. Any PRT, not just IS, can benefit from red planet colonization. IS are a bit better in that they can grow pop to replace red-planet losses without having to lose productivity on their green worlds.

As for whether to overpop normal worlds or do red planets - reds are a much better deal. Overpop on a normal world will quickly get to 1.5% losses, or 3.0%, etc.

The only real problem with red planets is that there aren't enough, assuming a reasonably viable race design. A single 100% planet can grow enough pop to keep ~20-30 reds topped off. But nobody plays races with ~1/20 greens after terraforming.

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		IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Raindancer on Sat, 14 May 2005 11:27
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Wreck on Sat, 14 May 2005 20:25
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Braindead on Sat, 14 May 2005 21:02
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: iztok on Sun, 15 May 2005 05:09
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Robert on Wed, 18 May 2005 11:54
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: ForceUser on Thu, 26 May 2005 20:44
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Braindead on Thu, 26 May 2005 23:22
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: ForceUser on Fri, 27 May 2005 04:26
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Kotk on Fri, 27 May 2005 10:30
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Wreck on Sat, 28 May 2005 22:51
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Kotk on Sun, 29 May 2005 04:29
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: mazda on Fri, 27 May 2005 05:44
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: ForceUser on Fri, 27 May 2005 06:33
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: PricklyPea on Fri, 27 May 2005 06:39
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Raindancer on Wed, 08 June 2005 22:22
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: ForceUser on Mon, 13 June 2005 07:37
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: LEit on Mon, 13 June 2005 12:10
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: tgellan on Mon, 22 January 2007 12:34
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Ptolemy on Mon, 22 January 2007 15:10
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: velvetthroat57 on Sun, 11 February 2007 11:35
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Kotk on Sun, 11 February 2007 18:45
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Ptolemy on Sun, 11 February 2007 20:08
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