Aquaculture

	Farming on a water world requires a significant initial investment in bio-engineering suitable species, but once the process takes off, algae farms and fisheries can be operated by the population without requiring much in the way of specialized training or equipment.
–In-game description

Aquaculture is an industry. It can be built on any Colony established on a Water World, and cannot be built on any other planet type.

Construction

Aquaculture costs 250,000¢ to build, and has a build time of 60 days.

It will refund 187,500¢ when shut down.

Upkeep

Aquaculture has a base upkeep of 1,500¢ * (colony size - 2).

Effects

Aquaculture does not provide any benefits to the colony.

Production

Aquaculture produces the following commodities;

• Food: equal to colony size

Additionally, based on available resources, Aquaculture can also produce the following commodities;

• Volturnian Lobster, requiring Volturnian Lobster Pens: equal to the Pens' modifier (+1)

Demands

Aquaculture demands the following commodities;

• Heavy Machinery: equal to colony size

A shortage of Heavy Machinery will reduce the production of Food by an amount equal to the shortage.

AI Cores

Aquaculture receives the following perks from the assignment of an AI Core;

• Gamma: reduces demand by 1 unit, increases Pather interest & Hegemony interest by 1.
• Beta: reduces demand by 1 unit, reduces upkeep by 25%, increases Pather interest & Hegemony interest by 2.
• Alpha: reduces demand by 1 unit, reduces upkeep by 25%, increases production by 1 unit, increases Pather interest & Hegemony interest by 4.

Additional Buffs

You can also invest Story Points once per Aquaculture to increase production by +1.

With the Luddic Majority market condition, production can be increased by +1/+2, though it will also attract Unwanted Attention.

Notes

• Aquaculture is unique to Water World, any other planet type can instead build Farming, assuming the presence of farmlands.
• Farming has a lower upkeep, and demands less Heavy Machinery.
• Due to the Water planet unique farming condition Water-covered Surface, which replaces typical farmlands, it is not possible for Food to receive a resource condition modifier.
• Volturnian Lobster Pens only appear on the planet Volturn in the Askonia system.
  • If for whatever reason (whether Vanilla or Modded), that Volturn falls into the hands of the player.
  • Aquaculture only produces one unit of Volturnian Lobster, however, this can be increased by:
    • Industrial Planning on the Administrator.
    • Story Points improvement
    • Alpha Core improvement
    • Luddic Majority effect
  • Allowing for the maximum potential production of a whopping 6 units of Volturnian Lobsters.

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.