Funding Rules Update

SuicideJunkie · Leaky Guru Joined: May 28, 2005 Location: Canada!

Upon request, funding for larger facilities and multiple copies of the same object may be paid for in installments if the per-turn resource usage remains constant for the duration of the build.

For example, a Highly Industrialized Region costs 50k/50k/50k and 20+ turns. Although this is within the budget of many system lords, it is a huge hit to absorb all at once, and Legacy infrastructure is certainly too expensive for a lump sum payment.

Under the installment plan, you could instead pay 2500 resources a month for 20 months.
In your budget, you would see entries of the form:
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{20} Planet Name - Industrial Region
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The "20" automagically counts down each month, and the payments will end when it reaches zero.

Another good example, is constructing resource facilities. If you are filling a new planet with 5 mineral miners, you will now pay 1500 organics per month for 5 months instead of a lump sum.

This feature is also available for Transfers.
If you are loaning out items, you can collect payments each month, and get a countdown timer to the return date for free!
{R} is used for indefinitely repeating charges, if you wish an open ended loan. You will probably have seen some of these already if you own ships and pay maintenance on them each month.