<r> You can incorporate the zone via the Governor menu.<br/>
<br/>
From the manual p177:<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>
You’ll start the game with only Regular Zones, but conquest might give you<br/>
an Unincorporated Zone.<br/>
An Unincorporated Zone has a certain level of independence and it ...

Thanks, I will take a look at that.

I was already building them for early recon as you suggest (and attaching them later) along with an Infantry - but I might just forgo the latter unless I'm threatened to get a full formation more quickly (I've been starting with Militia only).

The manual mentions that open farms will expand into ideal terrain.

What is defined as ideal terrain? I'm assuming it's flat land like plains, but would Rocky qualify? Is rainfall a factor? I assume temperature is a factor as that's mentioned elsewhere.

This was useful, thanks.

Is the main use of Independent units for garrisons? I suppose they lose the benefits of an OHQ commander but that's not important for a garrison?

Planet stats are on the Help page of the Reports tab.

Okay, that makes sense. I don't actually remember getting the event but that will teach me to pay more attention.

Sometimes you need to click on the hex with the SHQ or a road connected to it first, rather than in the adjacent hex. At least that's the issue I had.

No problem. I neglected upgrading it and struggled with metal income when I tried to build anything else.

Do you have a private Recycling Centre in your capital? Nationalising and then upgrading that will give you a metal supply.

Otherwise you'll need to wait and see if any deposits get uncovered by prospecting.

<t> I've only got two zones, and the second is recently conquered so I can't yet tell if it's an issue there.<br/>
<br/>
In my capital it's jumped up to 20*, it was 14* a few saves ago and I know I haven't changed it. Going back to a save before I had the charismatic Union chief, it had raised to ...

Hi,

I've found that my worker salary has been increasing without my input.

Is this part of the system recruiting to fill demand, a side-effect of the Union Chief event that I had active, or a bug?

Thanks