Re: Computer abuse
This is an interesting question. In "Real Life" terms is certainly does make sense for computers to be cumulative to a degree. After all, building more computers does let you get more work done if it involves computing. But there ought to be some sort of limits. If you fill a medium planet with 10 "System Computer Complexes" and you've got two or three large/huge planets filled with research centers in the same system that's going to be one HUGE boost in your research output. How about a compromise on system computers? It seems ok to me for a single system computer complex (or "databank" on the intel side) to be cumulative with each planetary computer complex, but after that it seems too much like cheating. So, ONE system computer complex per system. As for planetary computer complexes being cumulative... I dunno. Like I said, it seems logical that building more computers would help you more. Having just ONE per planet doesn't seem right, but how do you decide the limits? Maybe one per research center also present on the planet? If you've got a large or huge planet a 1:1 ratio of research centers and computer centers could still be very powerful.
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