Monoliths???

[Nitram Draw]

What's with these monoliths? How do they create resources where none exist? They kind of defeats the purpose of playing with finite resources.

[Kimball]

The monolith facilities don't create anything, they just mine all three resources at once. They take a while to build, but are useful for domed colonies with limited space.

[Nitram Draw]

Don't they produce a fixed number of resources each turn?

[UmberGryphon]

Just like almost every other type of resource extractor, a monolith's "fixed number" is modified by the resource percentage as listed on the planet it has been built on. The only difference is that because monoliths generate all 3 resources, the 3 modifiers have to be applied separately to the same facility.

So no, you can't build a monolith 3s on a world with 0% minerals and expect to get minerals out of the deal.

[Nitram Draw]

Thanks for clearing that up. Kind of kills my strategy idea http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon9.gif