Refining

	Smelting plants here convert ores and transplutonic ores into metals and transplutonics, respectively. Teleoperated robotics are used to handle the most dangerous tasks, usually.
–In-game description

Refining is an industry. It can be built on any Colony.

Construction

Refining costs 225,000¢ and has a build time of 90 days.

It will refund 168,750¢ when shut down.

Upkeep

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

Effects

Refining increases Pather interest by 2.

Production

Refining produces the following commodities;

• Metals: equal to colony size
• Transplutonics: equal to colony size - 2

Demands

Refining demands to following commodities;

• Heavy Machinery; equal to colony size - 2
• Ore; equal to colony size + 2
• Transplutonic Ore; equal to colony size

A shortage of Ore will reduce Metal production by the same amount, and a shortage of Transplutonic Ore will do the same to Transplutonic production.

AI Cores

Refining 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

Installing a Catalytic Core will increase the production of both Metals and Transplutonics by +3 units each. However, since this requires the world have no atmosphere, it may not be worth choosing such a world depending on the hazard rating and it's impact on profitability.

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

That being said, if for some unknowable reason you need 10 Transplutonics, this is the only way.

4 Base at Size 6 Colony + 3 C. Core + 1 Industrial Planning on Administrator + 1 Alpha Core + 1 Improvement = 10

The Story Point improvement can be skipped by using an AI core to reduce 1 unit of demand.

Change History

0.9

• Added to the game

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.