[dmm]

I forgot to add that I also think that one should be able to have multiple shipyards at a planet all work together on the same massive project. So rather than giving each shipyard its own queue, give each planet a "shipyard queue" with construction points depending on # and type of shipyards and on population. Also give each planet a "facility queue" and a "unit queue" with their own construction points. Each of these planetary queues would work exactly like the empire-wide research queue. A planet's population would get spread among the 3 queues and facilities, and population bonuses should be awarded based on the number of people on a job, not just on overall population. So your research and resource production bonuses would go down if you had people working on construction projects. And, conversely, you could increase your construction bonuses by turning off facilities. (OK, that's a little artificial too, because people aren't instantly interchangeable [Hello, corporate executives, did you catch that?], but it is better than the current system.)

Does this make sense to anyone else?

[This message has been edited by dmm (edited 02 January 2001).]