0000481: Research Hub (or some other good name; I've never been good with names)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0000481	AI War 1 / Classic	Suggestion - New Unit Ideas - Economic and Utility Units		Oct 14, 2010 3:35 pm	Jan 3, 2011 11:45 am

Reporter	Toll	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	3.712

Summary	0000481: Research Hub (or some other good name; I've never been good with names)
Description	In short, the very last place to go for research. Generates research very slowly at a high cost. Research rate: 1 per second (or 1 per 2 seconds, if that's possible) Cost: 200k metal and crystal, 50000 energy, as well as a running cost of 120 metal and crystal per 1 knowledge (so 120 or 60 per second). The running cost is based on the Science Lab Mk. III, which costs 90k metal (i.e. 30 metal per research). Limit: 1 This would come into place in those situations where you simply cannot knowledge-raid anywhere and your AI progress doesn't allow you to take any more planets. The knowledge generated would be taken from a random planet that hasn't yet reached the 3000 knowledge limit, whether or not it's in supply.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Oct 14, 2010 3:35 pm	Toll	New Issue
Oct 14, 2010 3:38 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0000836
Oct 14, 2010 3:38 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => resolved
Oct 14, 2010 3:38 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => won't fix
Oct 14, 2010 3:38 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Jan 3, 2011 11:45 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	resolved => closed

Chris_McElligottPark Oct 14, 2010 3:38 pm administrator ~0000836	But... the situation you describe is one in which you're supposed to have to dig yourself out of by making a desperate gambit: which either kills you, or lifts you up in a blaze of glory. ;) That's the whole point of the back-and-forth with AI Progress, and it's definitely possible to back yourself into a corner with that.