Originally Posted by Haegan2005
As of the end of year 2258 I have a semi-balanced infrastructure.
My Infra is permitting me to accumulate reserves in everything but IUU, RP, and WU.
My limiting factor so far is Wu production and then PP available for unit purchases.
My land forces have expanded slightly, but no additional air units have been purchased.
I have also noticed that my meager mil forces will not put much of a strain on my ability to supply them at wartime maintaince levels unitl they are three times as numerous as they are now. Anything more will require additional shipping and transport net increases. This is actually instructional as My forces do not a Brigade make. In fact they would be hard pressed to make two regiments.
Increases in the Transport net will slow down the other infra construction but will pay off in the long run as I am forced to move my units around. Rebasing them from one side of the sontinent to the other will take the better part of three months as of now. This would not be good if someone invaded. The flip side is that increasing the Tn is a long term prospect as it takes so long to complete. It would be faster to put them on my freighter fleet and move them. This of course would hurt my trade WU production. Odd trade off s here.
In short, Everything is a trade off. So I recommend building units that build the economy like freighters, rockets, etc, and leave the mil units for later. Unless your on Balkanized territory. Which I'm not.
As of now a full third of my infra is in one region and another 15 or so is going into this region from previous orders. Orly will not continue to see a build up in infra until I have had several other regions built up as well.
The plus side is that my raw material production has finally exceeded my ability to use it so I can use my PP at full usage each turn. This helps out with my IUU production immensely and by extension, my WU levels.
Exploration continues slowly in the coastal oceans. I have considered Encouraging them theough life bonuses. You find something you live. Failing that I will produce more exploerers and prospectors.
My military commander situation is dismal. Perhaps I should cancel the all night martini parties at the basic training Academy? Or maybe make sure they can read. I will have to give this some thought.
All in all, Numeria is reaching a point where it is able to focus on more then one unit or project at a time and this is rewarding my diligence. I suspect that in another year it will have the ability to spread forth across the ocean to one of the other continents.