12-02-2003 07:42									#1
	Where should we spend the profits? Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Sorry to clutter the place up with yet another thread, but I think this needs some discussion (not that I have any authority in the area):

We're in FM now. That, combined with our large number of bases and huge population, means we rake in quite a bit of energy income each turn. 356ecs a turn as of last save, to be precise.

Over 7 turns that equals 2492ecs in *profit*, which could be spent (over the 7 turns) without touching our stockpile of 3582ecs. That's a conservative estimate, given that our income will only increase (minus some maintenence increases from new facilitiies) over time.

I've asked for 506 or so ecs in rushes and upgrades for Akiria. TKG has asked for ... *checks Aurillion orders, tries to crunch numbers*, uh, a lot of ecs for his region. GT has plans (to be polled, no?) to rush-build the Ascetic Virtues SP in New Apolyton when we get PE, which should come to 600-700ecs (right?)...

The point is that we need help spending all this cash

Any ideas?

	13-02-2003 02:49									#2
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upgrade the formers once we get clean reactors.

	13-02-2003 03:16									#3
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There is always charity you can donate it to:
The Lemmy Foundation
Help Lemmy Through the Winter
The Put-Lemmy-Through-University Charity Group
Lemmy's Secret Morganic Bank Account
Lemmy's House o' Miracles(co-founded with Sister Miriam)
...just to name a few..

	13-02-2003 03:18									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Lemmy There is always charity you can donate it to: The Lemmy Foundation Help Lemmy Through the Winter The Put-Lemmy-Through-University Charity Group Lemmy's Secret Morganic Bank Account Lemmy's House o' Miracles(co-founded with Sister Miriam) ...just to name a few..

we all know you should donate it to Xenobrew Inc., so they can continue to provide you with a quality product that surpasses all others!

	13-02-2003 03:20									#5
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Or we can spend it on some neat probe missions that the public really shouldn't know anything about.....virus, anyone?

	13-02-2003 04:44									#6
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Viruses!? How dare you suggest an atrocity!

*neglects to mention the planet buster he's building in his basement*

	13-02-2003 10:45									#7
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I'd say mainly just save it up for now. We're going to need quite a lot fo cash to upgrade all of our troops to have Clean Reactors.

	13-02-2003 15:25									#8
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Increase Psych allocation untill we're running at a loss. That will make everyone happy, and get rid of all that "unwanted" money. How about 60% Psych and 40% Labs.

-Jam

	13-02-2003 19:35									#9
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The virus thingie doesn't seem to have much support among the population...Clean Reactors would be a good investment then.

	14-02-2003 02:21									#10
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or we could increase the science rate. how does 30-20-50 sound?

	14-02-2003 03:50									#11
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I'd say we just have to rush more. But unfortunately GT tends to forget rushes asked further than the first turn.

	14-02-2003 04:58									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Maniac But unfortunately GT tends to forget rushes asked further than the first turn.

I've noticed that. Perhaps we need to use more effective "reminders"

	14-02-2003 05:31									#13
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It would also be good to check at the end of each turn if there are buildings which are only 2 turns away from completion, and rush those up to 1 turn away from completion. That would prevent a lot of mineral wastes in our mineral rich bases where only 10 minerals can be carried over to the next project.