City

	City
	General information Type Unrecognized icon name Population Prerequisites Technology Resource Exploitation Unrecognized icon name Colonial Administration Precluded by Race Type Synthetic Life, Silicon-based Life Effects Local effects +1 Unrecognized icon name Population Cap Level effects +25% Unrecognized icon name Population Cap +10% Unrecognized icon name Population Cap Adjacency +1 Unrecognized icon name All Construction, +1 Unrecognized icon name Population, +1 Unrecognized icon name Research, +1 Unrecognized icon name Wealth, +1 Unrecognized icon name Influence, +1 Unrecognized icon name Approval Cost Construction 200 Unrecognized icon name Social Construction Resources 4 Unrecognized icon name Food Maintenance 1 Unrecognized icon name Maintenance

City is a social construction improvement.

Summary

City is a Unrecognized icon name Social Construction colonial improvement in and .

Description

Gathering the population into centrally maintained cities allows colonies to support a higher Population Cap, while also providing a hub of construction, Research, commerce, Influence and entertainment. It is important to note that a city does require a sufficient Unrecognized icon name Food supply.

The city is unique to organic life, as it is not natural for Synthetic Life and Silicon-based Life to concentrate.

Strategy

• A city improvement cannot be destroyed once placed, so it is important to select carefully when placing it.
• It is important to learn how to take advantage of adjacent bonuses of a city on neighboring tiles. This can increase the additional population Cap from a City, and it can also increase the amount of food that gets produced by a arm. Look for bonuses to population which are generated by and apply to Cities, Farms, Hospitals, food distribution, special Achievement type buildings, etc. Some tiles on Planets will also have Tile bonuses for that Tile, and often their neighboring Tiles (the bonuses may be different) that help Food or Population. These bonuses can also apply to population growth rates for that planet. In addition, there may be bonuses from research or faction modifiers.

Prerequisite

• Requires completed research on Planetology technology before it appears as a social construction option.

Additional Notes

• Synthetic races cannot build cities. These races will have to manufacture population. All organic races can build cities but require food (carbon-based races) or durantium (mineral-based races) to build a city.