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If you're farming, it's almost inevitable that some colonies will have a food surplus (especially if they have Natives). No-farming planets have a food shortage unless populated only by by Lithovores and / or Androids (manufactured population, not a type of race). And new non-Lithovore colonies usually have a food shortage because it's more important for them to start building something (often Housing in the early game). | If you're farming, it's almost inevitable that some colonies will have a food surplus (especially if they have Natives). No-farming planets have a food shortage unless populated only by by Lithovores and / or Androids (manufactured population, not a type of race). And new non-Lithovore colonies usually have a food shortage because it's more important for them to start building something (often Housing in the early game). | ||
You can use Freighters to transfer food instantly between planets. Freighters are built in fleets of 5 | You can use Freighters to transfer food instantly between planets. Freighters are built in fleets of 5, but they can operate individually, and each can carry 1 unit of food. You need Freighters to transfer food to a colony even if another one in the same system has a surplus. Freighters must be researched, and a freighter fleet costs 50 PP to build; freighters have no maintenance cost while inactive, but there is an operating cost of 0.5 BC per turn per individual Freighter that is actually in transit. | ||
==Blockade and its effects== | ==Blockade and its effects== | ||