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Player Manual · Live Catalog · v0.68.6
The Orbital Frontier
Reusable launches, orbital research, station modules, monitoring, and rare-material missions remain extensions of the Earth civilization.
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orbital_frontierGameplay details
- Version
- 0.49
- Projects
- Required Contributions
- 5
- Prerequisite Project Ids
- orbital_launch_complex
- Cost
- Timber
- 260
- Stone
- 420
- Steel
- 75
- Fuel
- 100
- Components
- 65
- Knowledge
- 620
- Effects
- Launch Cost Reduction
- 0.2
- Orbital Capacity
- 2
- Pollution Reduction
- 2
- Id
- reusable_launch_initiative
- Display Name
- Reusable Launch Initiative
- Description
- Recovered launch systems reduce fuel and material cost for future orbital assets.
- Required Technology
- robotics
- Required Contributions
- 6
- Prerequisite Project Ids
- reusable_launch_initiative
- Cost
- Timber
- 280
- Stone
- 480
- Steel
- 90
- Fuel
- 110
- Components
- 80
- Knowledge
- 700
- Effects
- Research
- 0.16
- Information Per Game Hour
- 6
- Orbital Capacity
- 4
- Id
- orbital_research_station
- Display Name
- Orbital Research Station
- Description
- Permanent station modules host research and Earth-monitoring crews above the persistent world.
- Required Technology
- satellites
- Required Contributions
- 5
- Prerequisite Project Ids
- orbital_research_station
- Cost
- Timber
- 180
- Stone
- 300
- Components
- 80
- Knowledge
- 760
- Influence
- 80
- Effects
- Observation
- 0.25
- Intelligence
- 0.12
- Disaster Response
- 0.1
- Information Per Game Hour
- 5
- Id
- planetary_monitoring_system
- Display Name
- Planetary Monitoring System
- Description
- Orbital sensors warn of disasters, observe conflict, improve maps, and coordinate global responses.
- Required Technology
- satellites