Setting up a planetary colony

The Planetary Interaction feature of the Tyrannis expansion allows players to utilize planetary industries. Below is a general overview of what can be exploited with this new feature.

Note: Planetary Commodities page has been introduced to hold the main tables with Resources and Products, the tables below that overlap with that page will be used to fill the Commodities page. This page should focus on how to connect Extractor A to Processor B via Storage C to produce product D, the best way to organize links, routes, exploit deposits, and so on

Raw Resources

Each Planet has a set of 5 raw resources available to it, which in turn each produce one base good when processed by a planetside production plant. These resources and baseline products are as follows:

Resource	Planet Types
Autotrophs	Temperate
Aqueous Liquids	Barren, Gas, Ice, Oceanic, Storm, Temperate
Base Metals	Barren, Gas, Lava, Plasma, Storm
Carbon Compounds	Barren, Oceanic, Temperate
Complex Organisms	Oceanic, Temperate
Felsic Magma	Lava
Heavy Metals	Ice, Lava, Plasma
Ionic Solutions	Gas, Storm
Micro Organisms	Barren, Ice, Oceanic, Temperate
Noble Gas	Gas, Storm
Noble Metals	Barren, Ice, Plasma
Non-CS Crystals	Lava, Plasma
Planktic Colonies	Ice, Oceanic
Reactive Gas	Gas
Suspended Plasma	Lava, Plasma, Storm

Products

This chart shows the relationship of different resources and products required to build higher-level products: http://www.autopilotdisabled.com/downloads/PI_Industry_Tree.pdf

Processed Materials

Product (0.08 m³) (P1)		Resource (0.02 m³) (R)
Industrial Fibers	<---	Autotrophs
Water	<---	Aqueous Liquids
Reactive Metals	<---	Base Metals
Biofuels	<---	Carbon Compounds
Proteins	<---	Complex Organisms
Silicon	<---	Felsic Magma
Toxic Metals	<---	Heavy Metals
Electrolytes	<---	Ionic Solutions
Bacteria	<---	Micro Organisms
Oxygen	<---	Noble Gas
Precious Metals	<---	Noble Metals
Chiral Structures	<---	Non-CS Crystals
Biomass	<---	Planktic Colonies
Oxidizing Compound	<---	Reactive Gas
Plasmoids	<---	Suspended Plasma
20 units	<---	6000 units

Note: Oxygen is now 1.00 m3/unit and not 0.08 m3/unit. Water is now 0.25 m3/unit

Refined Commodities

Several products used for Player Owned Structure (POS) fuel.

Output Product (1.0 m³) (P2)	Input Product 1 (P1)	Input Product 2 (P1)
Biocells	Biofuels	Precious Metals
Construction Blocks	Reactive Metals	Toxic Metals
Consumer Electronics	Toxic Metals	Chiral Structures
Coolant	Electrolytes	Water
Enriched Uranium	Precious Metals	Toxic Metals
Fertilizer	Bacteria	Proteins
Gen. Enhanced Livestock	Proteins	Biomass
Livestock	Proteins	Biofuel
Mechanical Parts	Reactive Metals	Precious Metals
Microfiber Shielding	Industrial Fibers	Silicon
Miniature Electronics	Chiral Structures	Silicon
Nanites	Bacteria	Reactive Metals
Oxides	Oxidizing Compound	Oxygen
Polyaramids	Oxidizing Compound	Industrial Fibers
Polytextiles	Biofuels	Industrial Fibers
Rocket Fuel	Plasmoids	Electrolytes
Silicate Glass	Oxidizing Compound	Silicon
Superconductors	Plasmoids	Water
Supertensile Plastics	Oxygen	Biomass
Synthetic Oil	Electrolytes	Oxygen
Test Cultures	Bacteria	Water
Transmitter	Plasmoids	Chiral Structures
Viral Agent	Bacteria	Biomass
Water-Cooled CPU	Reactive Metals	Water
5 units (3600s)	40 units	40 units

Note: Coolant is 1.00 m3 on Sisi, but 2.00 m3 on the live server

Advanced Commodities

Output Product (2.0 m³) (P3)	Input Product 1 (P2)	Input Product 2 (P2)	Input Product 3 (P2)
Biotech Research Reports	Nanites	Livestock	Construction Blocks
Camera Drones	Silicate Glass	Rocket Fuel
Condensates	Oxides	Coolant
Cryoprotectant Solutions	Test Cultures	Synthetic Oil	Fertilizer
Data Chips	Supertensile Plastics	Microfiber Shielding
Gel-Matrix Biopaste	Oxides	Biocells	Super Conductors
Guidance Systems	Water-Cooled CPU	Transmitter
Hazmat Detection Systems	Polytextiles	Viral Agent	Transmitter
Hermetic Membranes	Polyaramids	Gen. Enhanced Livestock
High-Tech Transmitters	Polyaramids	Transmitter
Industrial Explosives	Fertilizer	Polytextiles
Neocoms	Biocells	Silicate Glass
Nuclear Reactors	Microfiber Shielding	Enriched Uranium
Planetary Vehicles	Supertensile Plastics	Mechanical Parts	Miniature Electronics
Robotics	Mechanical Parts	Consumer Electronics
Smartfab Units	Construction Blocks	Miniature Electronics
Supercomputers	Water-Cooled CPU	Coolant	Consumer Electronics
Synthetic Synapses	Supertensile Plastics	Test Cultures
Transcranial Microcontroller	Biocells	Nanites
Ukomi Super Conductor	Synthetic Oil	Superconductors
Vaccines	Livestock	Viral Agent
3 units (3600s)	10 units	10 units	10 units

Specialized Commodities

• High-Tech Production Plants can only be placed on Temperate or Barren planets. Products will be used for manufacturing POS and other structures which were previously npc seeded.

Output Product (100.0 m³) (P4)	Input Product 1 (P3)	Input Product 2 (P3)	Input Product 3 (P3 or P1)
Broadcast Node	Data Chip	High-Tech Transmitters	Neocoms
Integrity Response Drones	Gel-Matrix Biopaste	Hazmat Detection Systems	Planetary Vehicles
Nano-Factory	Industrial Explosives	Ukomi Super Conductors	Reactive Metals *
Organic Mortar Applications	Condensates	Robotics	Bacteria *
Recursive Computing Module	Guidance Systems	Synthetic Synapses	Transcranial Microcontrollers
Self-Harmonizing Power Core	Camera Drones	Hermetic Membranes	Nuclear Reactors
Sterile Conduits	Smartfab Units	Vaccines	Water *
Wetware Mainframe	Biotech Research Reports	Cryoprotectant Solution	Supercomputers
1 unit	6 units	6 units	6 units (* 40 units)

Manufactured Goods

POS Fuels

• Coolant
• Enriched Uranium
• Mechanical Parts
• Oxygen
• Robotics

T2 parts

Most T2 manufacturing uses a PI good. Mainly P2 and P3.

• Construction Blocks
• Consumer Electronics
• Transmitter
• Guidance Systems
• Robotics
• Miniature Electronics
• Super Conductor

Miscellaneous

Created with Blueprint and PI products

• Nanite Repair Paste

Sovereignty Structures

Created with Blueprints and P4 products.

• Infrastructure Hub
• Sovereignty Blockade Unit
• Territorial Claim Unit

Starbase Structures

Created with Blueprints and P4 products.

• Assembly Array
• Control Towers
• Corporate Hangar Array
• Cynosural Generator Array
• Cynosural System Jammer
• Electronic Warfare Batteries
• Energy Neutralizing Array
• Hybrid Turret Batteries
• Jump Bridges
• Laser Turret Batteries
• Missile Batteries
• Mobile Laboratory
• Moon Harvesting Array
• Projectile Turret Batteries
• Reactors
• Refining Arrays
• Shield Hardening Arrays
• Ship Maintenance Arrays
• Silos
• System Scanning Arrays

Production Ratios

Output Product Cycle = Input Product 1 + Input Product 2 + Input Product 3

20 P1 = 6000 R

5 P2 = 40 P1₁ + 40 P1₂

5 P2 = 12000 R₁ + 12000 R₂

3 P3 = 10 P2₁ + 10 P2₂ + 10 P2₃

3 P3 = 80 P1₁ + 80 P1₂ + 80 P1₃

3 P3 = 24000 R₁ + 24000 R₂ + 24000 R₃

1 P4 = 6 P3₁ + 6 P3₂ + 6 P3₃

1 P4 = 20 P2₁ + 20 P2₂ + 20 P2₃

1 P4 = 160 P1₁ + 160 P1₂ + 160 P1₃

1 P4 = 48000 R₁ + 48000 R₂ + 48000 R₃

or

1 P4 = 6 P3₁ + 6 P3₂ + 40 P1₃

1 P4 = 6 P3₁ + 6 P3₂ + 12000 R₃

1 P4 = 20 P2₁ + 20 P2₂ + 40 P1₃

1 P4 = 20 P2₁ + 20 P2₂ + 12000 R₃

1 P4 = 160 P1₁ + 160 P1₂ + 40 P1₃

1 P4 = 160 P1₁ + 160 P1₂ + 12000 R₃

1 P4 = 48000 R₁ + 48000 R₂ + 12000 R₃

At a glance:

20 P1 = 6000 R

5 P2 = 80 P1

5 P2 = 24000 R

3 P3 = 30 P2

3 P3 = 240 P1

3 P3 = 72000 R

1 P4 = 18 P3

1 P4 = 60 P2

1 P4 = 480 P1

1 P4 = 144000 R

or

1 P4 = 12 P3 + 40 P1

1 P4 = 12 P3 + 12000 R

1 P4 = 40 P2 + 40 P1

1 P4 = 40 P2 + 12000 R

1 P4 = 360 P1

1 P4 = 320 P1 + 12000 R

1 P4 = 108000 R

Connecting It Together

Insert text about hooking up buildings together.

To setup an outgoing route for products from a storage facility (Command Center, Launch Pad, or Storage Facility), you can wait for product to build up in the facility and route up to the amount of product current in storage, or you can click on one of the incoming routes and send that amount to the destination (eg Processor).

If you hook the extractor directly to the processor, you might end up throwing away resources if there is an uneven lot when it fills up (Processors accumulate resources until they have an even lot of input product (eg P1 would be 6000), and then start processing. If the buffer has 5950 in it, and the extractor delivers 210, then 160 units are lost. If there is inputs in the buffer when you change the schematic, they are lost. You can buffer with a storage facility or just live with the loss. If you are living with the loss, you can reduce it somewhat by staggering your extractors' cycles to minimize the chance that two extractors deliver at the same time.

Your First Colony

By way of introducing you you the user interface, let us install a colony.

Buy a "XXX Command Center" on the market. (We are going to a Temperate Planet, so I bought a Limited Command Center). Fly to the system with the command center in your cargo, and sit in space cloaked (I am doing this in 0.0, stealing resources from The Syndicate who might object, but since they an NPC corp, their sovereignty is not blocking my deployment).

(There are pictures coming.)

• Select Planet in Overview File:PI YFC-SelectPlanet.png
• Enter Planet Mode
• Survey for Resources (Scan, adjust resource level sliders, pick favourite spot).
• Place Command Center 200px
• Submit 200px
• Place Extractor 350px Under the Build Tab, choose Extractors, select the type of extractor that matches the desired resource, then click in the location you wish to place it on the map. Below the edit tab, you will see the edits pending, the change in PG and CPU that will result and the cost of these upgrades. You can make a number of changes and then submit or cancel the changes.
• Place More Extractor
• Create Links
• Place Processor
• Choose Schematic
• Place Launch Pad
• Create Links
• Submit. You will not be able to survey until your extractors are placed permanently, ie you must commit your changes.
• Survey Extractors
• Create Routes to Launchpad
• Create Route Launchpad to Processor
• Upgrade links
• Submit
• Wait 15 minutes
• Had a little bit of power/CPU left, so add 2 more extractors, Submit
• Check out the Competition
• Check on Processor Buffer
• Wait 15 minutes
• Processor Starts
• Wait 30 minutes
• Horray! Product. Now you can move to Interplanetary Logistics to get your stuff off planet.
• Observe that this is in really good deposit, and will be building up a backlog for the first 24 hours, and then work on that backlog over the next little while waiting for you to come back to and re-survey the extractors.
• Teardown colony