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=== Maximizing output ===

The optimal strategy for maximizing processed reagents depends on your appetite for risk. This is because the longer you wait to self-steal, the more total processed reagents are gained from automatic conversion plus self-stealing, but the more attractive the Skyhook becomes for theft.

The optimal strategy for maximizing processed reagents depends on your appetite for risk. This is because the longer you wait to self-steal, the more total processed reagents are gained from automatic conversion plus self-stealing, but the more attractive the Skyhook becomes for theft. The longer you wait to self-steal, the higher percentage of produced reagents will be processed and extracted, but it is not possible to extract 100%. For example 15 days will net you 63%, 30 days 74%, 45 days 80%, 60 days 85%, 90 days 90%, 180 days 95%, and 600 days 98%.

At no point in time does the output solely from automatic conversion become better than automatic conversion plus self-steal, however, automatic conversion becomes better than self-stealing every day after 15 days, automatic conversion becomes better than self-stealing every third day after 24 days, and so on. We can see this as, continuing the example above, self-stealing after the first automatic conversion will net you 147 (45 + 102) compared to 120 (40 + 40 + 40) from self-stealing every day, and self-stealing after the second automatic conversion will net you 316 (45 + 83 + 188) compared to 294 (147 + 147) from self-stealing every third day.

In general you should wait as long as possible then self-steal AFTER automatic conversion has happened, but if you know there is a risk of theft then you should self-steal. If your reagents gets stolen before you have taken 21 days of auto processed reagents then you will lose reagents compared to what you could have gotten from simply self-stealing every day. See this table for the full numbers [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ErZxcMak_1PPCzthj4TXsONbzp_XkpX6b6Mol0pDt5Y/ here].

In general you should wait as long as possible then self-steal AFTER automatic conversion has happened, but if you know there is a risk of theft then you should self-steal. ~~The longer~~ you ~~wait to self-steal, the higher percentage~~ of ~~produced~~ reagents will ~~be processed and extracted, but it is not possible~~ to ~~extract 100%. For example 15 days will net~~ you ~~63%, 30 days 74%, 45 days 80%, 60 days 85%, 90 days 90%, 180 days 95%, and 600 days 98%~~. See the full ~~table~~ [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ErZxcMak_1PPCzthj4TXsONbzp_XkpX6b6Mol0pDt5Y/ here].

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 === Maximizing output ===
-The optimal strategy for maximizing processed reagents depends on your appetite for risk. This is because the longer you wait to self-steal, the more total processed reagents are gained from automatic conversion plus self-stealing, but the more attractive the Skyhook becomes for theft.
+The optimal strategy for maximizing processed reagents depends on your appetite for risk. This is because the longer you wait to self-steal, the more total processed reagents are gained from automatic conversion plus self-stealing, but the more attractive the Skyhook becomes for theft. The longer you wait to self-steal, the higher percentage of produced reagents will be processed and extracted, but it is not possible to extract 100%. For example 15 days will net you 63%, 30 days 74%, 45 days 80%, 60 days 85%, 90 days 90%, 180 days 95%, and 600 days 98%.
-At no point in time does the output solely from automatic conversion become better than automatic conversion plus self-steal, however, automatic conversion becomes better than self-stealing every day after 15 days, automatic conversion becomes better than self-stealing every third day after 24 days, and so on. We can see this as, continuing the example above, self-stealing after the first automatic conversion will net you 147 (45 + 102) compared to 120 (40 + 40 + 40) from self-stealing every day, and self-stealing after the second automatic conversion will net you 316 (45 + 83 + 188) compared to 294 (147 + 147) from self-stealing every third day.
+In general you should wait as long as possible then self-steal AFTER automatic conversion has happened, but if you know there is a risk of theft then you should self-steal. If your reagents gets stolen before you have taken 21 days of auto processed reagents then you will lose reagents compared to what you could have gotten from simply self-stealing every day. See this table for the full numbers [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ErZxcMak_1PPCzthj4TXsONbzp_XkpX6b6Mol0pDt5Y/ here].
-In general you should wait as long as possible then self-steal AFTER automatic conversion has happened, but if you know there is a risk of theft then you should self-steal. The longer you wait to self-steal, the higher percentage of produced reagents will be processed and extracted, but it is not possible to extract 100%. For example 15 days will net you 63%, 30 days 74%, 45 days 80%, 60 days 85%, 90 days 90%, 180 days 95%, and 600 days 98%. See the full table [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ErZxcMak_1PPCzthj4TXsONbzp_XkpX6b6Mol0pDt5Y/ here].
 [[Category:Structures]]
 [[Category:Planetary Industry]]