Metals Zone

Metals Zone (→ Industry Zones, First Tier Zones)

Produces by mining.

Function	→
Power Consumption	10
Applicable Upgrades	Waste Material Post-processing Plant, Megadome Cities, Improved Production, Quintessence Field Projectors, Orbital Processing Cluster, Raw Material Refining Facilities

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[ Zones, Industry Zones, First Tier Zones ]

This zone has a base Metals production of 100.

Metal Zones on worlds in Hot Orbit grant their zones a bonus of +10 . Such zones gain an additional +10 if they also have a Ocean.

Metal Zones on worlds in Cold Orbit have a penalty of -10 .

Climates can offer bonuses and penalties on .

Bonus

	Climates	Bonus	Malus
	Barren	+5	-5
	Hot Climate	+5	-5
	Late Heavy Bombardment	+5	-5
	Scarce Flora	+5	-5

Malus

	Climates	Bonus	Malus
	Abundant Flora	+5	-5
	Cold Climate	+5	-5

The Chthonian Planet allows for construction of Metals Zones with a production bonus of +75 .