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| * Can potentially have multiple shifts of crew that rotate between assignments | | * Can potentially have multiple shifts of crew that rotate between assignments |
| * Number of assignable crew may be limited by outpost size and available quarters | | * Number of assignable crew may be limited by outpost size and available quarters |
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| ===Resource Generation===
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| In addition to providing shelter and research capabilities, outposts also serve as production hubs for valuable resources:
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| ====Raw Material Harvesting====
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| * Surface Extractors can harvest common minerals, metals, and elements over time
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| * Extractors are placed near detected mineral deposits identified by surveying
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| * Mining rigs can be built to access buried resources like ore veins
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| * Oil wells and natural gas extractors can tap into fossil fuel reservoirs
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| * Resource quantities depend on the natural abundances present around the outpost
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| ====Agriculture====
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| * Hydroponic habs enable growing alien plants, fungi, and other lifeforms
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| * Different crops can be cultivated based on discovered flora across planets
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| * Biologists can research plant genetics to optimize crop yields and growth times
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| * Resources are harvested from plants via techniques like milking, tapping, and sustainable gathering
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| ====Creature Husbandry====
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| * Alien creatures can potentially be kept at outposts as livestock
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| * Livestock can be bred and raised specifically for harvesting resources
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| * Examples include grazing creatures, insects, and other invertebrates
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| * Requires zoologists to learn creature husbandry practices and optimal breeding
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| * Pens, habitats, and food sources must be provided for livestock
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| * Animals are processed for resources like hide, meat, secretions, eggs, etc.
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| ====Processing & Production====
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| * Collected raw resources can be processed and refined into usable materials
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| * Metals can be smelted into ingots, alloys formed by alloying, gases condensed and collected
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| * Organic resources can be processed into materials like textiles and consumables
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| * Advanced fabrication capabilities can use refined resources to produce items
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| * Technicians optimize processing operations and yields
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| ===Progression=== | | ===Progression=== |
