Out of money!

[GaryChildress]

My credits are in the negative right now. How do I get more so I can build more ships and stuff? I tried raising the tax 5% on a couple planets and got a pop up saying the citizen rebelled against my tax hike.

[sveint]

I've never been in the position, but the easiest thing to do would be to scrap some military ships or troops.

Can also trade away techs and maps for cash, but that is a short term solution.

Finally you could try switching to Democracy. Also check your planetary governors, if any.

[DMan777]

Agreed, your maintenance costs have gotten away from you.  Probably too many military ships or you're trying to expand too rapidly.

[HectorOfTroy]

Also unnecessary mines would put strain on you. If you have like 100k of steel and your demand is 0.1k and you also have llike 10 steel mines, you should go through them and scrap the ones that are not on the high yield planets.

[Janster]

Don't forget to turn the tax up on your new colonies, its zero if you are on manual.

[2ndACR]

You must be on the original DW. Because I have yet to hit the red in Legends.

You just have to slow down your expansion some in DW. Give the colonies time to develop some. Build a couple resort bases close to other empires. Those are big money makers.

[Shark7]

ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

You must be on the original DW. Because I have yet to hit the red in Legends.

You just have to slow down your expansion some in DW. Give the colonies time to develop some. Build a couple resort bases close to other empires. Those are big money makers.

I have. Built too many DDs. Took a bit to get back in the black.

[cookie monster]

ORIGINAL: HectorOfTroy

Also unnecessary mines would put strain on you. If you have like 100k of steel and your demand is 0.1k and you also have llike 10 steel mines, you should go through them and scrap the ones that are not on the high yield planets.

Once built the mines are owned by the Civilian Sector.

[sbach2o]

ORIGINAL: Janster

Don't forget to turn the tax up on your new colonies, its zero if you are on manual.

Worst tip there is. (Edit: unless, maybe, you are still in the original Distant Worlds, I do not know about the mechanics there.) New colonies offer no revenue, whether you tax them or not. 50 % of insignificantly little are still insignificant.

Raising taxes on new colonies will accomplish one thing: they stop growing. So they will stay insignificant for much, much longer.

[HectorOfTroy]

ORIGINAL: cookie monster

ORIGINAL: HectorOfTroy

Also unnecessary mines would put strain on you. If you have like 100k of steel and your demand is 0.1k and you also have llike 10 steel mines, you should go through them and scrap the ones that are not on the high yield planets.

Once built the mines are owned by the Civilian Sector.

Yep, but they still have to be maintained and they put unnecessary strain on private sector, esp if you have all the resources you need.

[Ufarsin]

Another possibility is that you have colonzed low-quality planets. AFAIK planets below 50% quality will never net you money, so are best avoided unless specific reasons dictate otherwise.