Trading station + workforce

[Radamanthe Nemes]

I stumbled across an AI trading station with workforce. What's the point?

[Alan Phipps]

You can hire crew there.

[Radamanthe Nemes]

You can hire crew there.

I mean "what's the point to the AI POV?". AFAIK, workforces only boost production. Trading stations do not produce anything.

[dtpsprt]

You can hire crew there.

I mean "what's the point to the AI POV?". AFAIK, workforces only boost production. Trading stations do not produce anything.

As a rule of thumb all AI stations, the ones that the game start with, have habitats, so there is workforce available. Trading Stations are not excempt...

[Nanook]

You can hire crew there.

I mean "what's the point to the AI POV?". AFAIK, workforces only boost production. Trading stations do not produce anything.

They're on spring break. Gotta get away somewhere.

[jlehtone]

The "Research Station" does not produce either, yet likes crew.

Besides, it is not common for stations to be affected by warfare. Someone has to house the refugees ...

[Radamanthe Nemes]

You can hire crew there.

I mean "what's the point to the AI POV?". AFAIK, workforces only boost production. Trading stations do not produce anything.

As a rule of thumb all AI stations, the ones that the game start with, have habitats, so there is workforce available. Trading Stations are not excempt...

The Argon Trading Station in Black Hole Sun V (where I started from) has no habitat. So what?

[dtpsprt]

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The Argon Trading Station in Black Hole Sun V (where I started from) has no habitat. So what?

It does have an Admin Centre, which by itself produces Marines without any food/medicine or habitat. And the Young Gun starts from thee Equipment Dock on Black Hole Sun IV

[Radamanthe Nemes]

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The Argon Trading Station in Black Hole Sun V (where I started from) has no habitat. So what?

It does have an Admin Centre, which by itself produces Marines without any food/medicine or habitat. And the Young Gun starts from thee Equipment Dock on Black Hole Sun IV

And it does not have an habitat "as a rule of thumb".

[Nanook]

Not sure what the problem is here. The trading stations are great sources of high level marines. So maybe that's the 'production'.

[subidax]

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The Argon Trading Station in Black Hole Sun V (where I started from) has no habitat. So what?

It does have an Admin Centre, which by itself produces Marines without any food/medicine or habitat. And the Young Gun starts from thee Equipment Dock on Black Hole Sun IV

And it does not have an habitat "as a rule of thumb".

The widely accepted definition of "rule of thumb" as a phrase is that is scientifically/observationally imperfect. It is a generalization by admission, not a statement of fact.