THE PLANETS SCREEN (CONT.)

Production (PROD): The total production of a planet indicates how much a colony can build in a single turn.

Space Dock: The type of ship currently under construction in the planetary space dock. This entry will be blank if the planet is not building any ships.

Notes: Planets with special environments or heavy mineral deposits modify the planet’s population growth and production. For details on the different types of environments, see the planetary view screen. The (*) indicates that the planet has a star gate.

Maintenance Costs: The spending shown at the bottom is a breakdown of maintenance spending for ships, missile bases, trade treaties and tribute. Spending Costs: Show the costs for your spy network, security, ship and base maintenance.

Income: “Planets” includes all production from your colonies and any tribute being given to you by your opponents. “Trade” is the gross income from all of your trade treaties.

Planetary Reserve: The Planetary Reserve lets you stockpile resources for emergency uses, or anytime you decide a colony needs a quick influx of BC’s. You may set a “tax” of up to 20% on each planet’s production, which puts 1 BC into your Planetary Reserve for every 2 BC collected from your planets.

Transfer: The funds in your Planetary Reserve may be transferred to any colony in need of extra BC’s. The amount of transfered funds that a colony can use in a year is limited to its total production, effectively doubling its available resources that year. Any excess funds transfered to that colony will be used in subsequent years.