Posted by: Rich.h
« on: September 19, 2016, 07:11:41 AM »I would imagine the easiest way of doing this is to simply setup a new colony on a planet where the other nation already has a reasonable sized colony. Then use this as nothing else but a "smuggling" port, you fly in minerals to this colony but have zero population, infrastructure or buildings other than perhaps a single mass driver. At set intervals you simply gift the entire colony to the other nation and let them sort out the actual logistics of moving minerals to where they want them. Set up a new colony again at the planet and begin the entire process over again.
If you already have good relations with the nation and ensure you only fly in freighters then you should not really suffer any major loss in DR this way, and you get to keep things semi realistic by allowing the NPR to decide how best to distribute the minerals. The one downside to this is that the NPR could either A: End up with a large amount of colonies on a single planet and try to develop them all at once thereby crippling it's economy and industry. or B: Simply see the extra colonies as useless and scrap them before offloading the mineral stores.
If you already have good relations with the nation and ensure you only fly in freighters then you should not really suffer any major loss in DR this way, and you get to keep things semi realistic by allowing the NPR to decide how best to distribute the minerals. The one downside to this is that the NPR could either A: End up with a large amount of colonies on a single planet and try to develop them all at once thereby crippling it's economy and industry. or B: Simply see the extra colonies as useless and scrap them before offloading the mineral stores.