There is a large maintenance cost for newly placed colonies and technologically enlightening primitive species. If this is not already the case, I'd like to suggest that we should have the option of changing how much of that maintenance we pay each month either as a slider ala EU4, or with several settings ala CK2's retinue maintenance. Choosing to pay a lower amount at a time slow progress and if you pause payments that pauses progress entirely or even causes progress to be lost over time.
This way you don't have to abandon/pause the project if you find yourself with a sudden extreme energy shortage thanks to a war or losing important territory.
As an extra, I'd like to suggest technology that lets you speed up the process of establishing colonies or enlightening species by letting you pay higher than 100% maintenance.
This way you don't have to abandon/pause the project if you find yourself with a sudden extreme energy shortage thanks to a war or losing important territory.
As an extra, I'd like to suggest technology that lets you speed up the process of establishing colonies or enlightening species by letting you pay higher than 100% maintenance.
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