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Originally posted by alasyr:
In my Last game of SEIV I was experimenting with bases for remote minning.I built one battlestation on a gas giant world with two moons.The interesting thing that struct me by suprise is that newly built battlestation was minning all 3 bodies at the same time
(after I abandoned the tiny rock I used to build it).As all 3 of those was 100% average and I had 14 remote miners I (600) on BS it made a whooping 25.2K of minerals in a single turn making the BS pay for itself in 1-2 turns.
Yep, discovered this myself a little while ago. Very nice. A single ship/base can produce as much as a medium planet with a breathable atmosphere this way. I hope it's considered a 'feature' and not a bug. Wouldn't want to lose this nifty trick. But the AI has to learn how to use it...