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Monolith Facilities maybe tempting as they can extract 900 of all "moolah" types, but they still depend on the percentage of production of the planet, and 100 minerals, organics, or radioactives are lost with every Monolith.
Umm, wrong. A Monolith III makes 2700 resources, whereas a normal level 3 resource extractor makes only 1000. If you use a lowly Resource Converter I to convert the 1700 extra resources into the type that you claim is lost, you would actually get .5 x 1700 = 850 more of that resource. So, by using Monoliths, you get a lot more resources than if you used regular extractors. And when you add in the bonuses from Robotoid Factories and their ilk, the Monoliths provide an even larger bonus.
Using a Monolith III on a planet with a value of 100/10/10, you get these results:
100% --------- 900 Minerals
10% ---------- 90 Organics
10% ---------- 90 Radioactives
ConVersion to Minerals with Resource Converter III:
90 Org x 0.7 = 63 Minerals
90 Rad x 0.7 = 63 Minerals
Total Production:
900 + 63 + 63 = 1026 Min > 1000 Min from Extractor III
So, even on a relatively poor planet like this, you can actually get more resources using Monoliths than normal Resource Extractors.
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