Planetary Interaction: Difference between revisions

Producing the higher tier products on a single planet narrows down to where each P3 can only be produced from scratch (in other words, without importing goods) on a single planet type. P4 items all need multiple planet types, from two to five. This is where you need to start thinking about how deep you'd like to get into Planetary Interaction. Look around for some blue or red pills and start talking about rabbit holes. Of course, a primary motivator is the title of the next sectionFor more information on how to deal with getting goods between colonies, see [[Colony Management#Interplanetary Logistics|Interplanetary Logistics]].  

In short, to build one unit of a P4 item you have to deal with two planets at least, launching your lower tier Products into orbit via a CC or Launchpad, then importing them via a Customs Office on another planet for further processing. You have to repeat this process multiple times for some P4s. It's likely that your extra efforts(i.e. transporting materials between planets) devoted into this process will make the more involved products more profitable. But this depends. You need carefully consider many factors, like the tax for every transportation, the market price for the components and the final product, the time consumed(Time is money, you should know) and so on. It's recommended that you do some calculation before you decide to produce any kind of products. There is some work done for you: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ar_YTOcXpvb9dGFIdHJlb0VmYXBORWRrcXFkeHNjcWc#gid=28 Planetary Production for Eve Online by Wyke Mossari] Check the 'Spread' part and you will see the margin for every commodities.

''For more details, see [[Colony Management]]''

[[File:LaunchFromCC.png|thumb|A pending Launch from a command center]]

Assuming you'd just like to get on with it and make some money, we can certainly do that! Anything you make with PI can be sold on the market, though it is difficult to say what is going to be the most profitable. At a minimum it seems reasonable to recommend processing your Resources into P1 goods before trying to sell them, as doing so shrinks the volume they take up to about 25% of the original. Even better would be going for P2 for another drop to 25% of the original, or a tiny 6.25% total of the volume in plain Resources.

Importing that unit of biomass to a high sec factory planet will cost an additional 25 isk (500 * 10% * 0.5)

You have two options for getting goods off your planet, either launching a simple (and small) rocket from your CC or placing a [[Planetary Buildings#Launchpad|Launchpad]] on your colony (rather expensive) and using it to interact with an orbiting [[Colony Management#Interplanetary Logistics|Customs Office]].