Lunar Base
"The Lunar Base provides a base of operations for activities on the moon and provides the fields required to construct buildings." - In-game building description.
The Lunar Base is a building built on the moon to make it habitable. Since moons have no atmosphere of their own, all building fields must come from the Lunar Base.
Moons begin with 1 field only, which must always be used for a Lunar Base level 1. Each level of Lunar Base creates 3 additional fields, but occupies one, resulting in an overall gain of +2 available fields. The costs per level are as follows:
Level | Ore Cost | Crystal Cost | Hydrogen Cost | Added Fields (This Level) | Total Fields on Moon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 20,000 | +3 | 4 |
2 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 40,000 | +3 | 7 |
3 | 80,000 | 160,000 | 80,000 | +3 | 10 |
4 | 160,000 | 320,000 | 160,000 | +3 | 13 |
5 | 320,000 | 640,000 | 320,000 | +3 | 16 |
6 | 640,000 | 1,280,000 | 640,000 | +3 | 19 |
7 | 1,280,000 | 2,560,000 | 1,280,000 | +3 | 22 |
It is important to remember that building the lunar base requires an open building field, so if you have a level 1 Lunar Base, and a level two Capitol (for a total of 3 out of 4 available fields) your next building should be Lunar Base level 2. If you forget this and overbuild, you can use the teardown option on another structure and to free up a field.
The first level of Lunar Base has a build time of 24:00:00. Since it will always be the first building on a new moon, this cannot be modified.
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