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[notquitethere]

Hey Meth, I'm probs just overlooking it but I can't see where food use is explained. I gather colonists eat food during production but I can't see any of the specifics.

[Mephansteras]

Hey Meth, I'm probs just overlooking it but I can't see where food use is explained. I gather colonists eat food during production but I can't see any of the specifics.

I am not a drug 

Anyway, Colonists require food in order to do anything. With the exception of Farms, in order to activate a building you need to pay the Food cost for each colonist in addition to any resources used by the building.

Here are some examples:

Farm - takes 1 colonist, does not need food to produce. Net production is 1 Food.
Harvester - Takes 1 colonist, requires food to produce. Net production is -1 Food, +1 Basic Raw resource
Basic Goods Factory - Takes 1 colonist, requires food & basic raws to produce. Net Production is -1 Food, -1 Basic Raw resource, +1 Basic Goods
University - Takes 2 colonists (1 higher skill than the other), requires food for each colonist. Net Production is -2 Food and an Upgraded colonist. (Lower skill goes up one level).

Complexes may be partially staffed/utilized. So if you have two colonists working in a Goods Factory Complex, but not enough food, you could choose to do a partial activation and have it act like a basic Goods Factory instead of the full Complex. Same goes for Criminals in a Prison.

The Bonus for playing the Production Phase is that get to Activate one Colonist (your choice) for free, basically reducing your food costs for that round.

[Toaster]

Now, I'd like to try and make the phase selection more democratic than last time, so I'm going to openly declare that I choose Production.

If between us we manage to get colonisation and build too, then I think we'd all be very happy.

While I don't intend to always claim what I'm doing, I will say that I'm doing Colonize.  I had remarked to Meph that while Build is a good first turn choice, there's no actual incentive to doing it yourself.

[xelada]

I shall go production, more or less for the free food it provides (in essence that what you gain from it).

BTW does the contract mean you pay the amount it cost at the time of it being taken out, or time of cashing it in?

[Mephansteras]

I shall go production, more or less for the free food it provides (in essence that what you gain from it).

BTW does the contract mean you pay the amount it cost at the time of it being taken out, or time of cashing it in?

You pay the amount it costs when you physically buy the resource. The Contract just means that you don't have to worry about other people buying all a resource before you and leaving you without any.

[notquitethere]

 GWG- if you haven't already sent a phase in, you should probably do Building, as that's not covered yet.

Sorry for taking your name in vain, Mephansteras. Can we start proposing trades now or should we wait until the game offically starts?

[xelada]

Two more inquiries:
Can the contract be invoked even if no-one goes trade/before the trade phase?
Do you need to use the an organize or HQ to move people into conversion buildings from elsewhere.

[Mephansteras]

Can we start proposing trades now or should we wait until the game offically starts?

You guys are welcome to discuss trades all you like. They don't go into effect until the game actually begins, but you can agree on whatever.

Two more inquiries:
Can the contract be invoked even if no-one goes trade/before the trade phase?
Do you need to use the an organize or HQ to move people into conversion buildings from elsewhere.

All Trades off-world happen only during the Trade phase.

That is correct, with the exception that you can fully staff a building when it is first built.

[notquitethere]

Would anyone be interested in selling a machine to me for 7 wealth? I'll have the money on my turn. You'd be making a profit compared to selling it on the market.

Belay that. I've got other plans now.

[notquitethere]

Hey Meph, does the temporary housing have infinite capacity?

[Mephansteras]

Hey Meph, does the temporary housing have infinite capacity?

Yes, it does.

[Mephansteras]

Phase choices are in:

Player	Phase
Kashyyk	Production
GreatWyrmGold	Build
Toaster	Colonization
xelada	Production
notquitethere	Survey

Phases this round are Survey, Colonization, Build, and Production.

Current Turn Order
xelada
notquitethere
Kashyyk
GreatWyrmGold
Toaster

[Toaster]

Oh hey, I'm last.  That's no fun.

Survey: +1 W
Colonization:  +1 Skilled, reserve Expert
Build:  Build Harvester; staff with Skilled
Production:  Activate Farm/Harvester:  +1 Basic Raw

Net:  +1 W, +1 Basic Raw, +1 Skilled, Harvester Built

[Mephansteras]

Oh hey, I'm last.  That's no fun.

Survey: +1 W
Colonization:  +1 Skilled, reserve Expert
Build:  Build Harvester
Production:  Activate all:  +1 Basic Raw

Net:  +1 W, +1 Basic Raw, +1 Skilled, Harvester Built

A few clarifications:
  When you build the Harvester, who are you staffing it with? If you don't state Staffing the building would remain unstaffed.
  You said Activate all: Are you activating your Colony Center? It starts staffed with an Unskilled. Note that you only produce enough food for one building, but you do start with 2 in storage you want to use those.

[Toaster]

Oh yeah.  A bit rusty!

Also, you may want to fix this:

Buildings also have a Size, generally 1 or 2. You have 15 total spaces in your Settlement available. One is already used by your Colony Center, leaving you 14 spaces to use during the game.

...since we also start with a Farm now.