This is the third planet I colonized on an immense map, playing as the Drath:
Base PQ:
24 (With Biosphere Modulator and terraforming this eventually became PQ30!)
Moon:
Yep!
Tile Bonuses:
1 Precursor Mine (+700%)
2 Morale bonus (+200%)
1 Food bonus (+300%)
This is by far the best planet I've ever found. By mid-game this planet had over 18 billion citizens and near 100% approval, mostly because of the the Shrine of the Mithrilar I built on one of the moral tiles. (Imagine if this had been the Altarians with their Shrine of Tandis!). It was also generating over 500 BC/month because of the Economic capital and still coming in with a hefty surplus in spite of all the all manufacturing buildings. I've never had a manufacturing world generate a surplus. Of course I built the Dark Energy Lab and the Doomsday Generator, which together with the moon, the manufacturing capital, the power plant and the precursor mine, led to insane production (about 500 on average, even with military at about 20%). I had set the difficulty to "masochistic" and I was able to use this world to conquer my two closest neighbors by turn 60.
