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New Players => The Academy => Topic started by: ExChairman on January 07, 2011, 08:12:16 AM

Title: Absorbing civilian mining stations
Post by: ExChairman on January 07, 2011, 08:12:16 AM

Is it possible to build a colony on a planet where there already are a civilian enterprise going on?
If possible , what will happen with the mining equipment placed by civies?

Title: Re: Absorbing civilian mining stations
Post by: schroeam on January 07, 2011, 08:39:31 AM

Quote from: ExChairman on January 07, 2011, 08:12:16 AM

Is it possible to build a colony on a planet where there already are a civilian enterprise going on?

Technically you already have a colony on that planet/moon, you just need to start popping down infrastructure/mines/factories/etc.

Quote from: ExChairman on January 07, 2011, 08:12:16 AM

If possible , what will happen with the mining equipment placed by civies?

The civvie mining facilities will remain as they are.  I'm not exactly sure how to take over the civvie mines.  Maybe someone else can offer an opinion.

Adam.

Title: Re: Absorbing civilian mining stations
Post by: laz on January 07, 2011, 08:59:59 AM

I don't think you can take them over as such.

You gain resources from them via two ways. You either gain wealth by "taxing" their produce because they repreesnt private civilain initatives. Or you directly purchase their mineral output and it will begin to stockpile at the location of the colony. Civilian colonies come free with their own mass driver so you are also able to send their resources to your main colonies in the same star system straight away.

The civilian operation will only disband once all the minerals at the location have been extracted. If you "abandon" the colony you will erase their presence as well.

Hope that clarifys things

Title: Re: Absorbing civilian mining stations
Post by: Sheb on January 07, 2011, 11:33:43 AM

Can you move around the civilian mining complexes?

Title: Re: Absorbing civilian mining stations
Post by: ExChairman on January 07, 2011, 11:46:15 AM

Or you directly purchase their mineral output and it will begin to stockpile at the location of the colony...

If I remember right it should bee Ctrl+F8, but that doesnt work... Any other way to buy??

Title: Re: Absorbing civilian mining stations
Post by: sloanjh on January 10, 2011, 01:16:00 AM

Moved thread to The Academy.

Title: Re: Absorbing civilian mining stations
Post by: Sheb on January 10, 2011, 03:05:56 AM

Quote from: ExChairman link=topic=3159. msg30504#msg30504 date=1294422375

Or you directly purchase their mineral output and it will begin to stockpile at the location of the colony. . .

If I remember right it should bee Ctrl+F8, but that doesnt work. . .  Any other way to buy??

Yep, you go in the Colony Summary, Civ. ind section and select "buy mineral output".

But let say the civilian complex is on an asteroid, that they eat up the whole mineral supply.  Can I move them to another asteroid?

Title: Re: Absorbing civilian mining stations
Post by: Tarran on January 10, 2011, 03:27:20 AM

Quote from: Sheb link=topic=3159. msg30548#msg30548 date=1294650356

But let say the civilian complex is on an asteroid, that they eat up the whole mineral supply.   Can I move them to another asteroid?

Nope, since as soon as all the minerals are mined the mines are dissembled.

Though even if you catch them before they dissemble, I don't think you can move them like normal mines.