Resources gained from destroyed enemy

[smitty]

I wiped out a neighboring enemy and had a massive influx of resources (minerals, radioactives, etc). My totals for the three are far more than what I can store. So, my next turn they surplus is gone. Is this correct?

[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by smitty:
I wiped out a neighboring enemy and had a massive influx of resources (minerals, radioactives, etc). My totals for the three are far more than what I can store. So, my next turn they surplus is gone. Is this correct?

Exactly.

[Guille]

Build mineral, organic and radioactive storage facilities. They allow you to have more than 50000.

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by Guille:
Build mineral, organic and radioactive storage facilities. They allow you to have more than 50000.

Keep building those storage facilities. Research Cargo to the max (level 3), and then start putting them everywhere. Those tiny planets that hold only 1 facility? That's what I use them for, at least most of the time. Especially after I research Ice Colonization and Gas Colonization. You'll suddenly notice a lot of those tiny suckers around.

[Suicide Junkie]

I'd have to disagree as to the best use of those planets.
Build spaceyards on those little planets, and start pumping out ships until you no longer have a surplus
Then you can send those ships out to take over more territory.

My policy is Use it or Lose it: Building storage only delays the inevitable, and eats into your space for intel, research and construction.

[Fyron]

You need some storage facilities so that you can finance retrofits later on. But not too many. As SJ said, it is better to spend the resources than to store them. But, you will want a few of each storage facility.