Planetary Settlement - Policy Decisions

The subject of this article is from the Waypoint update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 21 February, 2023.

Planetary Settlement - Policy Decisions

Type	Inhabited Outpost
Description	Policy Decisions
Updated	Waypoint

Planetary Settlement - Policy Decisions is a reference article.

Summary[ | ]

Planetary Settlement - Policy Decisions contains a detailed description of opportunities presented by policy decisions to the settlement. The Settlement Overseer must oversee a decision on each policy decision at the Settlement Administration Terminal in a Planetary Settlement.

Bettering the Settlement[ | ]

Choice	Adds Feature With
Automated pipe network	-Maintenance cost
Fund vital maintenance	-Maintenance cost
Fund productivity improvements	+Productivity
Fund welfare measures	+Happiness
Inspiring stimulation gas	+Productivity

Fiscal Opportunities[ | ]

Subject	Tax	Do not tax
Tax Activated Cadmium consumption	-2% citizen happiness +12,498 productivity	+2% citizen happiness -27,502 productivity
Tax Antimatter consumption	-2% citizen happiness +10,278 productivity	+2% citizen happiness -29,722 productivity
Tax gene splicing	-2% citizen happiness +12,737 productivity	+2% citizen happiness -27,263 productivity
Tax holographic smuggling	-2% citizen happiness +12,218 productivity	+2% citizen happiness -27,782 productivity
Tax midnight exploration	-2% citizen happiness +12,244 productivity	+2% citizen happiness -27,756 productivity
Tax personal resonance jacking	-2% citizen happiness +10,667 productivity	+2% citizen happiness -29,333 productivity
Tax rocket boot races	-2% citizen happiness +12,572 productivity	+2% citizen happiness -27,428 productivity
Tax the forbidden scents	-2% citizen happiness +10,324 productivity	+2% citizen happiness -29,676 productivity
Tax Temporary Convergence disconnection	-2% citizen happiness +10,215 productivity	+2% citizen happiness -29,785 productivity

Improving our Lives[ | ]

Improving our Lives is the most common Policy Decision. It always offers two choices from the table below.

Choice	Adds Feature With	Removes Feature With
Research additional facilities	Increases productivity	Decreases productivity
Research camouflage measures	Decreases Sentinel attention
Research commercial innovation	Increases productivity	Decreases productivity
Research farming technology	Decreases maintenance costs	Decreases productivity
Research housing tech	Increases population
Research industrial tech	Increases productivity
Research leisure technology	Improves citizen happiness	Reduces citizen happiness
Research maintenance tech	Decreases maintenance costs
Research new industrial units	Decreases maintenance costs or Increases productivity	Decreases productivity
Research public goods	Improves citizen happiness

Market Regulation[ | ]

Subject	Ban	Do not ban
Ban Comet Droplets consumption	-2% citizen happiness -25,000 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +15,000 u/day maintenance
Ban Di-hydrogen consumption	-2% citizen happiness -26,000 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness -14,000 u/day maintenance
Ban Gamma Root consumption	-2% citizen happiness -26,364 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +13,636 u/day maintenance
Ban Ohmic Gel consumption	-2% citizen happiness -26,427 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +13,573 u/day maintenance
Ban Silicon consumption	-2% citizen happiness -26,532 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +13,468 u/day maintenance
Ban Dirt consumption	-2% citizen happiness -25,933 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +14,067 u/day maintenance
Ban Salt consumption	-2% citizen happiness -26,938 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +13,062 u/day maintenance
Ban Domestic Gambling	-2% citizen happiness -25,000 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +14,000 u/day maintenance
Ban First Spawn Literature	-2% citizen happiness -26,456 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +13,544 u/day maintenance
Ban Mutual Overclocking	-2% citizen happiness -26,069 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +13,931 u/day maintenance
Ban Rocket Boot Races	-2% citizen happiness -26,015 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +13,985 u/day maintenance
Ban Superheated Internal Oils	-2% citizen happiness -24,759 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +15,241 u/day maintenance
Ban Venting Battle Gases	-2% citizen happiness -25,436 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +14,564 u/day maintenance
Ban Currency Speculation	-2% citizen happiness -25,066 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +14,934 u/day maintenance
Ban Atlas-Denial	-2% citizen happiness -24,992 u/day maintenance	+2% citizen happiness +15,008 u/day maintenance

Additional Information[ | ]

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Policy decision dialogue