Who pays Federation Fleet Upkeep?

[EntropyAvatar]

So from watching the latest stream, it seems as though expansion of the federation fleet is the responsibility of the current president, and I guess they construct any new ships from their own resources.

I'm still not clear on who pays for the maintenance of the fleet. Is it maintenance-free? That would seem a little too magical. On the other hand, dumping the cost of the fleet maintenance on a tiny member state would see the fleet disbanded or the small state bankrupted very quickly. There was no talk of having a tax on the members that I could see.

So which is it?

1. Free
2. President Pays
3. Everyone Pays
4. Profit?

 

[Asiak]

There's a good question.

Free would be over powered I think.

 

[KonradKurze202]

Current President pays.

 

[ahhheygao]

Our allies pay for the fleet. Also China and Mexico pay, too.

 

[LastLeviathan]

Probably everyone, otherwise if a tiny empire rotates to leader they'll go into debt to the IMF.

 

[Llavan]

I assumed that everyone payed for their own ships that were in the fleet.

 

[KonradKurze202]

I assumed that everyone payed for their own ships that were in the fleet.

The Federation fleet isn't like NATO where soldiers/ships are loaned to NATO. It is instead like the Federation of Planets. The Vulcans have their own fleet (mostly science ships in this case) while the Federation gets ships for the entire federation (the Enterprise, and other such ships).

 

[Veracin]

I assumed that everyone payed for their own ships that were in the fleet.

That'd be kind of bad if it were that way. If I wanted for some reason to screw over one of the federation members I would just build a bunch of his ships so he would have to pay for the upkeep. Federation fleets have access to the best technology combined from its members, so you can make a fleet that has a big technological advantage over other empires.

 

[anomalacaris]

We need the game out now...

 

[EntropyAvatar]

I hadn't thought of the option that each pays for what they constructed. It could definitely be gamed, but so could the presidency! I imagine I would be grinding my teeth if I payed to build a big federation fleet, payed maintenance on it, and the next president threw it away.