As for your consruction plans; why the Heavily Armed Large Space Stations? As things currently stand there is no point to Space Stations since the only meaningful things we can build in them are Labs and Factories. Any Space Station filled with Factories is worse then even a Space Factory I and takes up the same number of orbital slots. Labs might be worth it but mathematically* we are better off putting them on the ground unless there is a bonus for Labs in space.
*A Large Space Station can support 28 Size units. Lab I and Lab II are tied in terms of research per size unit (50/unit vs. 37.5/unit for Lab III) but Lab Is are more cost efficient (400k + 20k/qtr per RP vs. 1,000k + 50k/qtr per RP). So a Large Space Station fits 28 Lab Is for +1,400RP. We would need 10 Lab IIIs to match that which displaces 10 Factory IIIs or 300k Production. A Space Factory I breaks even while II and III are worth vastly more then that.
It might be worthwhile investing in Large Space Stations later since their higher RP density will come into play then but for now we have plenty of planets to expand to and diversification is the name of the game.
For the space stations, I honestly wanted them because I liked the idea of having a large fortress in orbit of each world, and thought that we might be able to come up with buildings to use within them in the future. That being said, based on what you've pointed out, as well as the slight concerns of the Alliance, I'm going to be changing that when I come up with build plans for the next turn. I've not really determined what would be best, as while Space Factory IIs are a good choice, expansion is probably better as long as we can build on them the same turn we expand to them.
Speaking of which; I'd recommend that next turn we start spreading to more planets rather then sticking with improving the four we currently use. I'll put together a list once I get around to putting forward my proposal for future spending.
Well, while I'm here, I've got a few ideas for worlds we can expand to:
Earth - Fairly obvious, we've got a pretty good relationship with them and it's a nice place to have a factory complex on.
Amaterasu - Apparently where the Williams family was. Pretty close to an Alliance base and near Illium so it'd be safe.
Bekenstein - One of Earth's earlier colonies and founded as an industrial center. Pretty good synergies there.
Eden Prime - I don't think I really need to say more. Possible Prothean Relic and one of the Alliance's best colonies.
Luna - Earth's moon has a colony it seems, and it'd make for another very secure manufacturing site.
Noveria - The corporation world, we're a corporation, so it makes sense to build here.
Sanctum - A rich mining world which admittedly sucks to live on. Mineral wealth is always nice.
Shanxi - Most people know this world, it's on the way to the Citadel, so would be nice to expand to.
Terra Nova - One of the earlier colonies and the most populated, it'd be a high economy world to expand to.
Hanar Homeworld Kahje - They love us and buy a massive number of ships. Having a manufacturing center here sounds great.
Hanar world Belan - If they have issues with expanding to the homeworld, maybe a colony instead?
Citadel - It's a prestige choice in honesty, but being close to governmental buildings and embassies may give us more markets to access.
Turian, Salarian, or Asari Colony - Bit of an other category, but we've got decent enough relations that building up a facility on one of their colonies would make for good PR. We could spin it as getting access to the colony for our medical technologies.
This is going to be useful. Thanks. Just, one question but I can't help but notice that our income seems to drop massively next quarter. Why is that?
What would be the advantages and disadvantages of releasing it to the public compared to just keeping it to ourselves? Obviously, it will make sure that the nations of the galaxy won't use that power source to create even more powerful weapons but what other negative and positives considerations?
As far as I can tell, the main pros and cons of the options are as follows:
Announce it and Sell: Prepare for massive spy games as every intelligence agency in the galaxy tries to grab a reactor for themselves. Expect to be viewed as extremely short sighted by many, and possibly lead to terrorists and Cerberus getting their hands on it.
Announce and Don't Sell: Grateful that Revy sees sense, mass spy games still along with many people wondering what other nightmares Revy can make.
Don't Announce: No danger of reputation damage or massive spy games. Does mean that a powerful energy source is being somewhat wasted.
Hey, were we ever serious about Hanar power armor? Because I'd totally be down to make a custom suit variation for them, and maybe the Drell too. Although they can probably just use human suits fine.
(And maybe a custom Krogan variant for our buddy researcher)
I also vote we should let Mordin work on converting the genetic research for Salarians first, just cause.
Alien body armor would be an interesting project, and it'd make us quite a bit of money since if I remember right we might be hitting market saturation in the alliance. That and we want close relations with the other powers, and this is a good way to do that. Combined with our rather high relations with the Hanar, it'd be a good first step.
And I fully agree on keeping Mordin on genetic research. It fits his specialty and makes sense in universe. Right now I'm thinking Salarians -> Turians -> Asari -> Hanar. As we can go down the order of decreasing lifespans and go with the more populous races before going for ones that are just allied to us.
any opinion on the new tank?
here is a size comparison, imagine it from floor to top of the tomkah and almost as long while still almost a square, and then it could shrink down to mako size when not in use
edit: you can imagine it like a cube version of a necron monolith
It's a rather nice description of the tank, and I liked reading about it. It definitely sounds absurdly bullshit just like all of Revy's designs and creations which is always a plus.
