Description
Standardizes geological sampling and orbital prospecting so an empire can compare deposits before committing infrastructure.
Benefits
Reveals later technologies and strategic combinations.
Strategy notes
Planetary Resource Survey develops the Mining discipline within Shared Foundations. Shared foundations reveal multiple strategic paths and let a young empire learn what its economy can sustain. Its immediate value is access to later technologies and strategic combinations. The principal counterpressure is that foundations provide flexibility but little immediate military power.
Player hints
Complete every prerequisite before adding research progress. Completed materials and instruments support finite funded extraction. Passive modifiers retain their existing global scope; local mining modes affect only Ground, Core and Asteroid Mines.
Research cost
100RP
200Credits
50Common
5Rare
0Strategic
5FuelPrerequisites
None