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'''Bureaucracy''' is the addition of extra Drones because a faction has exceeded a certain number of bases. The bureaucracy formula works as follows:
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As the number of bases controlled by a faction increases, it can require additional [[Drones|drones]] to provide administration. The number of bases that can be supported without additional drones is the base limit and depends on the difficulty level, the map size and a factions [[Efficiency|efficiency]] rating. The only way, during a game, to affect the limit is to change a faction’s efficiency rating.
  
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BaseLimit = (8 - Difficulty) * (4 + Efficiency) * MapRoot / 2
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Once this limit has been reached, popup messages warn when attempting to construct additional bases but not when capturing or buying an additional bases from other factions. No message is received if a decrease in a faction’s efficiency rating causes the base limit to be exceeded.
  
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Where:
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For each base in excess of the limit, a faction receives one additional drone. These drones are distributed uniformly amongst the bases.
  
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Difficulty = Player's difficulty level (0 - 5)
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BaseLimit = (8 - Difficulty) × (4 + Efficiency) × MapRoot ÷ 2
  
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Efficiency = Social Engineering [[Efficiency]] rating.
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| Difficulty || = (librarian = 0 to transcend = 5)
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| Efficiency || = faction’s efficiency rating (negative ratings are treated as 0)
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| MapRoot || = √ (map width × map height) ÷ √ 3200
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(Negative efficiency ratings are treated as 0 for bureaucracy purposes)
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MapRoots for common map sizes:
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| Tiny || 0.6
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| Small || 0.8
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| Standard || 1
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| Large || 1.1
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| Huge || 1.6
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MapRoot = Sq. Root of # Map Squares / Sq. Root of 3200.
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Examples for a faction with a 0 efficiency rating:
  
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Note: BaseLimit is unaffected by [[Children's Creche]].
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'''COMMON MAPROOTS''' Tiny = 0.6, Small = 0.8, Standard = 1, Large ~ 1.1, Huge 1.6
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| || Standard || Huge
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For each base a faction builds in excess of this number, one additional drone will appear at some base somewhere in the colony.
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| Librarian || 10 || 16
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Efficiency Defaults, for Efficiency = 0
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| Transcend || 6 || 9
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Librarian, standard 10 bases, Transcend 6 bases
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Librarian         10                16
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Librarian, huge 16 bases, Transcend, 9 bases
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Transcend       6                  9
  
 
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Revision as of 06:56, 4 March 2013

As the number of bases controlled by a faction increases, it can require additional drones to provide administration. The number of bases that can be supported without additional drones is the base limit and depends on the difficulty level, the map size and a factions efficiency rating. The only way, during a game, to affect the limit is to change a faction’s efficiency rating.

Once this limit has been reached, popup messages warn when attempting to construct additional bases but not when capturing or buying an additional bases from other factions. No message is received if a decrease in a faction’s efficiency rating causes the base limit to be exceeded.

For each base in excess of the limit, a faction receives one additional drone. These drones are distributed uniformly amongst the bases.

BaseLimit = (8 - Difficulty) × (4 + Efficiency) × MapRoot ÷ 2

  • Where:
Difficulty = (librarian = 0 to transcend = 5)
Efficiency = faction’s efficiency rating (negative ratings are treated as 0)
MapRoot = √ (map width × map height) ÷ √ 3200

MapRoots for common map sizes:

Tiny 0.6
Small 0.8
Standard 1
Large 1.1
Huge 1.6

Examples for a faction with a 0 efficiency rating:

Standard Huge
Librarian 10 16
Transcend 6 9 
                   Standard        Huge

Librarian 10 16 Transcend 6 9

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