I've been playing with my galaxy layout, since I just found a connection that joined the far western side of my map with the far eastern side.

Does anyone with a better sense for these things have any idea how to make this constellation of jumps not be a total rat's nest?

Quote from: vorpal+5 on April 22, 2024, 07:10:53 AM

An easy one for you veterans!

Is Fuel Production not in fact Fuel Productivity? This would change my priorities ...

Not sure what you mean.

The Fuel Production technology determines the base number of liters per year your race produces with a single Fuel Refinery installation or Sorium Harvester ship module.
Actual production of a given Fuel Refinery is modified by the Production bonus of Planet and Sector governors, as well as the Manufacturing Efficiency Modifier of the population.
Actual production of a given Sorium Harvester ship module is modified by the Mining bonus of the Ship commander and of the appertaining Naval Admin commanders.

Regardless of tech or bonuses, production requires one ton of sorium for every 2000 liters produced.

Uh oh... there goes my mind again.

So fuel creation on a PLANET is modified by personnel production bonuses and NOT personnel mining bonuses, but fuel on a SHIP is modified by personnel mining bonuses, but not personnel production bonuses?

...

I've been sabotaging my own fuel for so many playthroughs...

Quote from: skoormit on April 23, 2024, 08:45:09 AM

Quote from: vorpal+5 on April 22, 2024, 07:10:53 AM

An easy one for you veterans!

Is Fuel Production not in fact Fuel Productivity? This would change my priorities ...

Not sure what you mean.

The Fuel Production technology determines the base number of liters per year your race produces with a single Fuel Refinery installation or Sorium Harvester ship module.
Actual production of a given Fuel Refinery is modified by the Production bonus of Planet and Sector governors, as well as the Manufacturing Efficiency Modifier of the population.
Actual production of a given Sorium Harvester ship module is modified by the Mining bonus of the Ship commander and of the appertaining Naval Admin commanders.

Regardless of tech or bonuses, production requires one ton of sorium for every 2000 liters produced.

Thanks, you answered my question! It could have been that a refinery always uses 20 tons per year. Without technology, this leads to 40000 liters a year, but with the next tech, it would be 48000 (so a bonus productivity/efficiency).

Ah, I see now - production would be throughput while productivity would be efficiency. To rearrange the punchline above, the efficiency is fixed and is always 2kL per ton, while the throughput per module or installation improves with technology. Thankfully, once an appropriate sorium giant is found, the efficiency is largely irrelevant.

Quote from: vorpal+5 on April 22, 2024, 07:10:53 AM

An easy one for you veterans!

Is Fuel Production not in fact Fuel Productivity? This would change my priorities ...

Not sure what you mean.

The Fuel Production technology determines the base number of liters per year your race produces with a single Fuel Refinery installation or Sorium Harvester ship module.
Actual production of a given Fuel Refinery is modified by the Production bonus of Planet and Sector governors, as well as the Manufacturing Efficiency Modifier of the population.
Actual production of a given Sorium Harvester ship module is modified by the Mining bonus of the Ship commander and of the appertaining Naval Admin commanders.

Regardless of tech or bonuses, production requires one ton of sorium for every 2000 liters produced.

Thanks, you answered my question! It could have been that a refinery always uses 20 tons per year. Without technology, this leads to 40000 liters a year, but with the next tech, it would be 48000 (so a bonus productivity/efficiency).

An easy one for you veterans!

Is Fuel Production not in fact Fuel Productivity? This would change my priorities ...

Not sure what you mean.

The Fuel Production technology determines the base number of liters per year your race produces with a single Fuel Refinery installation or Sorium Harvester ship module.
Actual production of a given Fuel Refinery is modified by the Production bonus of Planet and Sector governors, as well as the Manufacturing Efficiency Modifier of the population.
Actual production of a given Sorium Harvester ship module is modified by the Mining bonus of the Ship commander and of the appertaining Naval Admin commanders.

Regardless of tech or bonuses, production requires one ton of sorium for every 2000 liters produced.

Quote from: Kaiser on April 21, 2024, 01:59:07 PM

I have a contract for 30 maintenance facilities from Earth to a planet in Epsilon Indi, but the civilians do not follow the contract as in the early stage of the game, can be because of the dangerous rating in Epsilon Indi?

Yes, a civilian ship will not initiate a trade run if the route includes a system with a danger rating above zero.

The danger rating will decline gradually, so long as their is no further hostile activity in that system.

Thank you, there are two values for the danger rating, the one on the left seems the danger value and the one on the right is the protection value? Will the two values change faster if we move military ships in the system?

I have a contract for 30 maintenance facilities from Earth to a planet in Epsilon Indi, but the civilians do not follow the contract as in the early stage of the game, can be because of the dangerous rating in Epsilon Indi?

Yes, a civilian ship will not initiate a trade run if the route includes a system with a danger rating above zero the total PPV of your fleets in the system.

The danger rating will decline gradually, so long as no further hostile activity occurs in that system.