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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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There is a limit to the number of bases that a faction can control before generating additional [[Drones (Basic)|Drones]] due to the bureaucracy’s inability to manage so many bases. The number of bases that can be supported without additional drones depends on the difficulty level, the map size, and a faction's [[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 additional drone(s). These drones are distributed uniformly amongst the faction’s bases, such that when there are twice as many bases as the limit every base has +1 drones, when there are thrice as many bases as the limit every base has +2 drones, etc.
  
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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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Where:
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(Negative efficiency ratings are treated as 0 for bureaucracy purposes)
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| Difficulty || = (citizen = 0 to transcend = 5)
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MapRoot = Sq. Root of # Map Squares / Sq. Root of 3200.
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| Efficiency || = faction’s efficiency rating (negative ratings are treated as 0)
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Note: BaseLimit is unaffected by [[Children's Creche]].
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| MapRoot || = √ (map width × map height) / √ 3200
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'''COMMON MAPROOTS''' Tiny = 0.6, Small = 0.8, Standard = 1, Large ~ 1.1, Huge 1.6
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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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Efficiency Defaults, for Efficiency = 0
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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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Librarian, standard 10 bases, Transcend 6 bases
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Example BaseLimits for a faction with a 0 efficiency rating:
  
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Librarian, huge 16 bases, Transcend, 9 bases
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| Librarian || 10 || 16
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| Transcend || 6 || 9
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[[Category:Advanced concepts]]
 
[[Category:Advanced concepts]]

Latest revision as of 00:27, 9 June 2023

There is a limit to the number of bases that a faction can control before generating additional Drones due to the bureaucracy’s inability to manage so many bases. The number of bases that can be supported without additional drones depends on the difficulty level, the map size, and a faction's 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 additional drone(s). These drones are distributed uniformly amongst the faction’s bases, such that when there are twice as many bases as the limit every base has +1 drones, when there are thrice as many bases as the limit every base has +2 drones, etc.

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

Where:

Difficulty = (citizen = 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

Example BaseLimits for a faction with a 0 efficiency rating:

Standard Huge
Librarian 10 16
Transcend 6 9
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