Aurora 4x

VB6 Aurora => Aurora Suggestions => Topic started by: Saibot on January 28, 2016, 11:08:22 PM

Title: Auto buy civilian fuel
Post by: Saibot on January 28, 2016, 11:08:22 PM

There should be some check box to let you decide whether civilian sorium harvesters give you their fuel or sell it off and give you tax income, like with mining colonies.

Title: Re: Auto buy civilian fuel
Post by: Erik L on January 28, 2016, 11:10:20 PM

You can refuel from them at 1 wealth per 10,000 liters of fuel.

Title: Re: Auto buy civilian fuel
Post by: MarcAFK on January 29, 2016, 12:24:48 AM

I'm not entirely sure, but I think you do get tax revenue from uncollected fuel..   

Title: Re: Auto buy civilian fuel
Post by: Steve Walmsley on January 29, 2016, 02:37:20 AM

Quote from: MarcAFK on January 29, 2016, 12:24:48 AM

I'm not entirely sure, but I think you do get tax revenue from uncollected fuel..

Yes, you do.

Title: Re: Auto buy civilian fuel
Post by: Paul M on January 29, 2016, 05:08:41 AM

Just to make a point here 1 per 10,000 is really too cheap.  It could be easily increased by a factor of 10 without making any noticable impact.  The value of civillian fuel is enormous, and civillian minerals are in comparison extremely expensive.

The NCC paid 1% of its expenses for civie fuel but 43.8% for civie minerals.  There are 16 harvesters in operation generating around 2-4 million fuel per year.  I don't know exactly as I skim it off when the harvester has 100K or so fuel onboard.

It also should be a far more important source of income to the shipping lines that have harvesters than it currently is.