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I think that ether could be a new renewable power source. It could be used to make a diamond ether reactor that would generate unholy amounts of power. I also think that ether could be accessible by all civilizations by using a high-powered lazer that would use ore and lots of power to create ether, and uranium as a byproduct. I also think that ether bots should be added soon as well. I also think there should be a way to make a sort of thing that you could use to designate to a certain resource, like when you place an ore mine down here could be a setting to make it so when the ore mine has been used up to be rebuilt. I also think it could be a mass click thing too so you aren't wasting time with every single one trying to set it up.

*Research converter could also produce ether*

Well ether is the first of a series of resources that bast is deliberately only making available to one planet, and currently only the reptilians can gather in on the abandoned world. Whether LIS get's to be able to gather ether on their abandoned world remains to be seen, but ether is strictly going to be an abandoned world resource and the only way to get ether is to buy it on the galactic market.

Now, what you could do is come up with specific resources that could be specific to each planet type. Since bast is going to start implementing that, he may be inclined use some of our ideas. Just think of unique resources that each planet could provide. For example, one of my ideas was that the asteroid planet could have iridium, which is very heat resistant, and that iridium could be used to make lava-proof buildings and better incinerators and be used in all of the alien metal refineries.

yeah, that could work. It could also be used to stimulate the economy when only offered on harder maps, making people use those maps to want to turn a profit for selling those rss to other colonies that need it. Another way is to make it so those buildings need a steady source of it so then you would be constantly buying it. With the auto trade tool, for example, this could be a perfect idea.