Description
Dyson Ring: A paid Collector Ring upgrades an existing Stellar Collector from 400 to 600 base local power; its upkeep becomes 30 credits and 3 fuel per hour with 150 workers.
Benefits
Research output Empire-wide+3.13%
Power output Empire-wide+8.87%-
Collector Ring Unlocks
Strategy notes
A paid Collector Ring upgrades an existing Stellar Collector from 400 to 600 base local power; its upkeep becomes 30 credits and 3 fuel per hour with 150 workers. Existing generation, research, or defence benefits still apply through their ordinary bounded rules.
Player hints
This is a specialization milestone. Reaching it reveals stronger combinations, but broad tier-three investment will slow every capstone. Favor this technology when its Energy 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. Complete every prerequisite before adding research progress. Generation is finite, local, staffed, and funded; this research does not transmit power between worlds. Unlocks paid Collector Ring construction; ordinary funding, staffing, integrity, and work caps apply.
Research cost
48KRP
21.6KCredits
9.6KCommon
7.2KRare
5.4KStrategic
14.4KFuel