Agents Of Empire/Mechanics II - Revision history

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	** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)		** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)
	* If the item is a useful device, you can decide on N, and C is N * (N+5) (so N goods are required)		* If the item is a useful device, you can decide on N, and C is N * (N+5) (so N goods are required)
	* If the item is a luxury good, you can decide on N, and C is 3 * (N+5) for purposes of the formula (so 3 goods are required), but the actual list price of the completed item is (N+8)/2 * (N+5).		* If the item is a luxury good, you can decide on N, and C is 3 * (N+5) for purposes of the formula (so 3 goods are required), but the actual list price of the completed item is ((N+8)/2) * (N+5).
	* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.		* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.
	* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).		* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).

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	** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)		** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)
	* If the item is a useful device, you can decide on N, and C is N * (N+5) (so N goods are required)		* If the item is a useful device, you can decide on N, and C is N * (N+5) (so N goods are required)
	* If the item is a luxury good, you can decide on N, and C is 3 * (N+5) for purposes of the formula (so 3 goods are required), but the actual list price of the completed item is (N + 8)/2 * (N+5).		* If the item is a luxury good, you can decide on N, and C is 3 * (N+5) for purposes of the formula (so 3 goods are required), but the actual list price of the completed item is (N+8)/2 * (N+5).
	* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.		* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.
	* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).		* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).

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	** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)		** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)
	* If the item is a useful device, you can decide on N, and C is N * (N+5) (so N goods are required)		* If the item is a useful device, you can decide on N, and C is N * (N+5) (so N goods are required)
	* If the item is a luxury good, you can decide on N, and C is 3 * (N+5) for purposes of the formula (so 3 goods are required), but the actual list price of the completed item is (4 + (N/2)) * (N+5).		* If the item is a luxury good, you can decide on N, and C is 3 * (N+5) for purposes of the formula (so 3 goods are required), but the actual list price of the completed item is (N + 8)/2 * (N+5).
	* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.		* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.
	* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).		* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).

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	** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)		** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)
	* If the item is a useful device, you can decide on N, and C is N * (N+5) (so N goods are required)		* If the item is a useful device, you can decide on N, and C is N * (N+5) (so N goods are required)
	* If the item is a luxury good, you can decide on N, and C is 3 * (N+5) for purposes of the formula (so 3 goods are required), but the actual list price of the completed item is (4 * (N/2)) * (N+5).		* If the item is a luxury good, you can decide on N, and C is 3 * (N+5) for purposes of the formula (so 3 goods are required), but the actual list price of the completed item is (4 + (N/2)) * (N+5).
	* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.		* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.
	* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).		* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).

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	** Two rank-(R-1) processed goods may be substituted for one rank-R good, two rank-(R-2) for a rank-(R-1), and so on (raw goods may not be used in construction)		** Two rank-(R-1) processed goods may be substituted for one rank-R good, two rank-(R-2) for a rank-(R-1), and so on (raw goods may not be used in construction)
	** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)		** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)
	* If the item is a luxury good ~~or useful device~~, you can decide on N and C ~~as part~~ of ~~deciding what~~ the item is.		* If the item is a useful device, you can decide on N, and C is N * (N+5) (so N goods are required)
			* If the item is a luxury good, you can decide on N, and C is 3 * (N+5) for purposes of the formula (so 3 goods are required), but the actual list price of the completed item is (4 * (N/2)) * (N+5).
	* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.		* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.
	* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).		* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).
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	Rank 1 and 2 explorers and military ground units, and rank 1 luxury goods and useful devices can be produced without a factory, by paying the list price in mega-credits (as before). Relevant processed goods of the appropriate rank (with substitutions as above) can be used to pay 4 mega-credits of the price (but this isn't the floor function, as with a factory; the remainder has to be paid in mega-credits or extra processed goods).		Rank 1 and 2 explorers and military ground units, and rank 1 luxury goods and useful devices can be produced without a factory, by paying the list price in mega-credits (as before). Relevant processed goods of the appropriate rank (with substitutions as above) can be used to pay 4 mega-credits of the price (but this isn't the floor function, as with a factory; the remainder has to be paid in mega-credits or extra processed goods).

	'''Mercantile''' regions are used to sell finished goods (and raw/processed materials). A mercantile region of rank N can, each turn, sell things ~~with total list price~~ of N*20 mega-~~credits~~, ~~and individual list price~~ of ~~no more than half the total~~. Goods are sold at the list price.		'''Mercantile''' regions are used to sell finished goods (and raw/processed materials). A mercantile region of rank N can, each turn, sell 3 things of rank N (of any type). Instead of selling one item at rank R, a region may instead sell 2 items of rank R-1, 4 of rank R-2, etc (regions may not sell items of higher rank). Goods are sold at the list price.

	Regions are normally bought with credits. However, units of relevant processed goods of the appropriate rank (with substitutions as for factories) can be used to pay 5 mega-credits of the price (again, not using the floor function -- any remainder has to be paid for with mega-credits or other goods).		Regions are normally bought with credits. However, units of relevant processed goods of the appropriate rank (with substitutions as for factories) can be used to pay 5 mega-credits of the price (again, not using the floor function -- any remainder has to be paid for with mega-credits or other goods).

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	Characters can act once per turn, as before. However, players can do at most one adventure per (real-time) week; characters' other actions can be training, assistance with House activities, or hedonistic self-indulgence.		Characters can act once per turn, as before. However, players can do at most one adventure per (real-time) week; characters' other actions can be training, assistance with House activities, or hedonistic self-indulgence.

	=Maintenance=		=Colony Maintenance=
	Each non-natural region requires one unit of Food a turn (or one portion of a unit which is worth more than one food point). If a region doesn't receive the food it needs, it is reduced in rank by 1 (this is recovered once it's eaten), and there may be citizen unrest.		Each non-natural region requires one unit of Food a turn (or one portion of a unit which is worth more than one food point). If a region doesn't receive the food it needs, it is reduced in rank by 1 (this is recovered once it's eaten), and there may be citizen unrest.

			A refined good that is primarily designed as a foodstuff is worth R+F food points, where R is its rank and F is how many food points went into making it. A refined good that is not primarily designed as a foodstuff is
			just worth the number of food points that went into it.

	=Fighter Ship Capacity=		=Fighter Ship Capacity=
	Going along with the modified prices/capacities for cargo ships, military ships have had their cargo capacity adjusted downwards: they can now hold 1+their rank in units (so a rank-2 ship can hold 1+2 = 3 units).		Going along with the modified prices/capacities for cargo ships, military ships have had their cargo capacity adjusted downwards: they can now hold 1+their rank in units (so a rank-2 ship can hold 1+2 = 3 units).

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	** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)		** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)
	* If the item is a luxury good or useful device, you can decide on N and C as part of deciding what the item is.		* If the item is a luxury good or useful device, you can decide on N and C as part of deciding what the item is.
			* When upgrading a unit, you can either choose to have an effective C of (upgraded cost - original cost), or you can choose to build the new unit "from scratch" but treat the original rank-N unit as a free rank-N processed good.
	* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).		* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).

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	Characters can act once per turn, as before. However, players can do at most one adventure per (real-time) week; characters' other actions can be training, assistance with House activities, or hedonistic self-indulgence.		Characters can act once per turn, as before. However, players can do at most one adventure per (real-time) week; characters' other actions can be training, assistance with House activities, or hedonistic self-indulgence.

	=~~Cut off!~~=		=Maintenance=
	~~While the wormhole is gone, the colony worlds must be self-sufficient: each~~ non-natural region requires one unit of Food a turn, or the ~~citizenry will suffer~~.		Each non-natural region requires one unit of Food a turn (or one portion of a unit which is worth more than one food point). If a region doesn't receive the food it needs, it is reduced in rank by 1 (this is recovered once it's eaten), and there may be citizen unrest.

			=Fighter Ship Capacity=
			Going along with the modified prices/capacities for cargo ships, military ships have had their cargo capacity adjusted downwards: they can now hold 1+their rank in units (so a rank-2 ship can hold 1+2 = 3 units).

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	** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)		** A rank-(R+1) processed good may be substituted for a rank-R good (but provides no additional benefit)
	* If the item is a luxury good or useful device, you can decide on N and C as part of deciding what the item is.		* If the item is a luxury good or useful device, you can decide on N and C as part of deciding what the item is.
			* A rank-F factory region may consume up to 3*F processed goods per turn in total (regardless of the rank of those goods).

	Example: A rank-3 cargo ship costs 32 mega-credits. Thus it requires a rank-3 factory region to produce, and requires floor(32/7) = 4 appropriate rank-3 processed goods to produce.		Example: A rank-3 cargo ship costs 32 mega-credits. Thus it requires a rank-3 factory region to produce, and requires floor(32/7) = 4 appropriate rank-3 processed goods to produce.

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	These rules replace the requirements to take extra time, and to have a barracks, explorer's academy, shipyard, etc for creating higher-level units (but specialist and duo-specialist units still require an appropriate research institution).		These rules replace the requirements to take extra time, and to have a barracks, explorer's academy, shipyard, etc for creating higher-level units (but specialist and duo-specialist units still require an appropriate research institution).

			A rank-N factory region may consume up to 3*N processed goods per turn (regardless of the rank of those goods).

	Rank 1 and 2 explorers and military ground units, and rank 1 luxury goods and useful devices can be produced without a factory, by paying the list price in mega-credits (as before). Relevant processed goods of the appropriate rank (with substitutions as above) can be used to pay 4 mega-credits of the price (but this isn't the floor function, as with a factory; the remainder has to be paid in mega-credits or extra processed goods).		Rank 1 and 2 explorers and military ground units, and rank 1 luxury goods and useful devices can be produced without a factory, by paying the list price in mega-credits (as before). Relevant processed goods of the appropriate rank (with substitutions as above) can be used to pay 4 mega-credits of the price (but this isn't the floor function, as with a factory; the remainder has to be paid in mega-credits or extra processed goods).