Maintenance - is there research to lower it???
 

Hello all,

Can anyone tell me if there is research that can be done that will lower the maintenance of ships and fleets? If yes, would you please tell me where that research starts and the branches in the tech tree?

Thanks in advance!

Re: Maintenance - is there research to lower it???
 

Not in stock but in some mods there is and it's usually in Facilities. But not in research that you put RP into.

Re: Maintenance - is there research to lower it???
 

Ironmanbc,

Thanks for your reply. So you're saying the ONLY way to lower your maintenance percentage in the stock, unmodded game is probably during racial characteristics where you get to spend your racial points?

Again, thanks for your help.

Re: Maintenance - is there research to lower it???
 

yup

Re: Maintenance - is there research to lower it???
 

The stock game has a maintenance lowering facility (Crystalline Restructuring Plant), available only to crystalline races. It lowers maintenance for ships in the same system, so be careful when you send out your built-up fleets. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Maintenance - is there research to lower it???
 

I forgot about that (Crystalline Restructuring Plant), now if I only played a Crystalline race trait.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

Re: Maintenance - is there research to lower it???
 

If you have a trustworthy ally who is playing a crystallurgy race, you can do this:

1) give/trade him a colonized world
2) he builds a Crystalline Restructuring Plant
3) he gives/trades the world back to you

Otherwise, you have to capture a crystalline planet without accidentally destroying the facility.

Re: Maintenance - is there research to lower it???
 

Some of the Culture picks will also lower your maintenance costs.