Description
Chemical Fuels Technology advances your empire's ability to produce and refine various chemical-based fuels. By developing efficient processes for fuel extraction and synthesis, this technology ensures a steady supply of high-energy fuels necessary for powering vehicles, spacecraft, and industrial applications.
Benefits
Fuel upkeep Empire-wide-1.2%
Credits output Empire-wide+0.6%-
Fuel output Empire-wide+1.8%
Trade capacity Empire-wide+0.6%
Construction output Empire-wide+0.6%
Ship production Empire-wide+0.6%-
Fuel abundance Empire-wide+0.6%
Strategy notes
Chemical Fuels develops the Fuel discipline within Resource Ascendancy. Turn superior surveying, extraction, refining, and energy conversion into strategic control of scarce materials. Its immediate value is +10% Fuel Production; +5% Fuel Abundance; -10% Fuel Consumption. The principal counterpressure is that extraction complexes are immobile, power hungry, and exposed to raiding or market isolation.
Player hints
This is an inexpensive path entry. Research it early when you want to test this direction without sacrificing strategic flexibility. Favor this technology when its Fuel benefits reinforce your current economy, fleets, or frontier. Pause the branch if its expected RP per tick is too diluted or its resource costs would stall higher-priority projects.
Research cost
1.5KRP
675Credits
300Common
225Rare
168Strategic
450Fuel