Agents Of Empire/Economics

Overview

This page gives costs for the various sorts of units, buildings, and goods available in the game. These are purposely left a little generic; when you buy a unit you're expected to be more specific about what sort of unit it is, and when you find some goods, likewise.

Houses which are Good in a particular skill buy units for the cost of the next-lower-ranked unit (except when buying the lowest-rank unit). Houses which are Bad in a particular skill buy units for the cost of the next-higher-ranked unit.

Also, as usual, suitable character actions can be used to bend the rules around purchasing units, either in terms of relaxing cost or requirements.

Goods:

Type	Buy	Sell	Notes
Raw materials	1	2	Straight from the mine
Processed rank 1	4	8	Made from one type of raw material
Processed rank 2	5	10	Made from two types of raw material
Processed rank 3	6	12	Made from three types of raw material

Producers:

Type	Rank	Cost	Notes
Basic	1	5	Must be built on a hex with a rank-1 or better source
Large	2	12	Must be built on a hex with a rank-2 or better source
Extensive	3	21	Must be built on a hex with a rank-3 or better source

Processors:

Type	Rank	Cost	Notes
Simple	1	10
Advanced	2	22
Top of the Line	3	36

Explorers:

Unit	Rank	Cost	Notes
Novice	1	2
Trained	2	5
Professional	3	9	Requires an explorer's academy to build
Elite	4	14	Requires an explorer's academy to build, takes two turns to build

Military:

Unit	Rank	Cost	Notes
Novice	1	3
Trained	2	7
Professional	3	12	Requires a barracks to build
Elite	4	18	Requires a barracks to build, takes two turns to build
Specialist	4	25	Requires a barracks and an appropriate research institution, takes two turns to build
Duo-Specialist	4	30	Requires a barracks and two appropriate research institutions, takes three turns to build

Specialists and duo-specialists are considered rank 6 when their specialty comes into play. Air military units take twice the cost and time of the equivalent ground unit to build, and space units take four times the cost and time.

Politicians and Diplomats:

Unit	Rank	Cost	Notes
Novice	1	6	Takes two turns to build
Trained	2	14	Takes two turns to build
Professional	3	24	Requires a palace to build, takes two turns to build
Elite	4	36	Requires a palace to build, takes four turns to build

Research Institutions:

Type	Rank	Cost	Notes
Basic	1	6	Takes two turns to build
Advanced	2	14	Takes two turns to build
World-class	3	24	Requires a palace to build, takes two turns to build