<t> Hi Erik,<br/>
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I spent a lot of today playing with the economy to gain an uderstanding of the issues (if any).<br/>
I managed to get my econ booming again by elimination of alliance w/ pirates (Very exepnsive and not caluclated in the annual budget report).<br/>
I also stopped some ...

<t> Hi Erik,<br/>
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Ok I reloaded my game from the point when I started the discussion:<br/>
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Here is my summary income statement<br/>
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Cash -38k<br/>
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Income <br/>
Tax 68k<br/>
Foeign Trade 1k (free trade?)<br/>
Tribute 0k<br/>
Port Income 3k<br/>
Resort Income 15k ...

<t> Hi Erik,<br/>
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Yep 1.02 for me.<br/>
I did not see Free Trade in the summary. I will reload that save and look again.<br/>
I am still finding the behaviour odd though.<br/>
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There is no real reason I should have neg. cash with a positive annual cash flow if I have no pirate ...

<t> Sloops - I find it odd that bases were the issue.<br/>
Theya re listed as part of teh fleet/base maintenance which is in turn part of the annual report. <br/>
I had positive cash flow, yet negative cash balance and going more negative until I experimented wit tax rates and agreements etc (See ...

<t> Hi all,<br/>
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I did a few drastic actions to see if I could turn my economy around and let the game run (ignored messages etc) for 2+ years.<br/>
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Things I noticed:<br/>
- The economic summary as part of your empire overview is in fact annual<br/>
- Yet some of the costs you ...

<t> Hi all (Erik)<br/>
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In playing I too have run into the odd Economic behavior. I will spell out the game set-up and current state then you all decide if it is a small bug in the game.<br/>
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The game:<br/>
I am Human w/ about 9 colonies.<br/>
No wars and 2 Free Trade agreements.<br ...

Thanks for the reply.
Was not sure as I was considering the state of the world (Gas/frozen) vs. the prdoucts.

K

<t> Hi all,<br/>
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Just wanted a hand on mining.<br/>
New to the game and still figuring it all out.<br/>
Started and quit about 8 games on 9th and going great now that I get most of teh game.<br/>
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Question:<br/>
The gas giants = Gas Mining Facility<br/>
The Frozzen Gas Giants ...