N00b question about mining starbases

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I wanted to know what % bonus a mining starbase initially (with no modules) provides from the resource it's extracting from (i.e. economic, military, research, etc.) if there is any

Is it different depending on the type of resource too?
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I believe it is 4%, and the same for all. You can check this by double clicking on your starbase after you build it. Top right of screen.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Its either 4 or 5 percent. If you click on an unowned crystal, the description at the bottom will tell you "adding a SB here will generate X% toward morale" or influence, or whatever crystal resource it is.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Is it different depending on the type of resource too?
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No its the same - the incremental steps upwards as you add more modules via further constructors are also the same for each type of resource.

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Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
To clarify: The initial bonus is 4%. All upgrades to the starbase's mining ability add 5% each. Each resource is done the same way.

I believe all races in TA have the same rules, but some cannot build as many upgrades.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
In the current game I'm playing in DA (and I believe it was the same in DL) the base bonus is 5%, the first upgrade is 4%, then +5% after that for each one. I seem to recall an additional point where it drops back to +4% once during an advanced upgrade, but I don't remember when (I'm not that far advanced in tech in the game I'm playing now).
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hmm... Looks like a test is in order. I would like to know for sure how TA works. I do know that in the past, each upgrade raised the total by 5%, as I count how many are left by that number. It is always x4 then x9 (as in plus 5) and then x4 and then x9.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hmm... Looks like a test is in order. I would like to know for sure how TA works. I do know that in the past, each upgrade raised the total by 5%, as I count how many are left by that number. It is always x4 then x9 (as in plus 5) and then x4 and then x9.
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Except that the first upgrade is 4%. The initial value is 5%.

For TA, they remain the same, with the exception, as you mentioned, of not all races getting all modules; as well as the fact that the Drengin get a 10% and an 8% respectively in their tree to make up for not having access to anything beyond the first two modules (the 4 and a 5). With the initial 5%, this places their maximum at 32%, as opposed to the 39% one could reach in DA (and possibly DL...it's been a while). Compared to some of the other Twilightians, this isn't half bad-but that's neither here nor there.

On the system I'm currently on, the game takes ages to load, so screenshots (for instance) are out of the question, but I've verified these numbers sufficiently with the use of Galactopedia.

Ragnar1's recollection, albeit incorrectly, of another module providing a 4% mining bonus is no doubt due to the production modules on economy starbases having a significant number of 4% modules (incidentally, they also finish it out with a 3% module). I was also under the mistaken impression that the mining starbases had more than one 4% upgrade, until I checked.