I have a moon with three surface slots and one orbital slot. I want to build two refinery hubs on the surface of this moon, with a coriolis station in orbit and a tier 1 civilian surface port filling the last surface slot. The reason for this is because refinery products differ between surface and space — only surface ports can produce CMM composites, while only orbital ports can produce tritium.
If I were to build in such a configuration, however, would strong links be formed from the refinery hubs to both the surface and orbital ports? I’m worried that the facilities would switch to only the surface port and the coriolis would be reduced to latrine status. Right now I just have the coriolis port and a single refinery; the second refinery is placed but not yet built.
I ask because I’m seeing unexpected behavior on a moon elsewhere in this same system. I built a medium agricultural settlement and then a tier 1 scientific port on the same moon, thinking I’d see a high-tech economy with food for sale, but the only food the market sells is synthetic meat (which I suspect would have been produced by the port alone) and when I selecy an orbital slot to build in above this same moon it shows no strong links available despite the presence of both completed constructions on the planet. It’s like the port is consuming the link with nothing to show for it.
I’d had grand plans of using combinations elsewhere; farms feeding into industrial ports, refineries feeding into an asteroid base in orbit, but not sure now if it’s a problem with economy links or an inherent issue with stations with assigned economies. I had thought those ports (industrial, scientific) were meant to behave as though they had one existing strong link to their respective economy types while still accepting other market links.
If I were to build in such a configuration, however, would strong links be formed from the refinery hubs to both the surface and orbital ports? I’m worried that the facilities would switch to only the surface port and the coriolis would be reduced to latrine status. Right now I just have the coriolis port and a single refinery; the second refinery is placed but not yet built.
I ask because I’m seeing unexpected behavior on a moon elsewhere in this same system. I built a medium agricultural settlement and then a tier 1 scientific port on the same moon, thinking I’d see a high-tech economy with food for sale, but the only food the market sells is synthetic meat (which I suspect would have been produced by the port alone) and when I selecy an orbital slot to build in above this same moon it shows no strong links available despite the presence of both completed constructions on the planet. It’s like the port is consuming the link with nothing to show for it.
I’d had grand plans of using combinations elsewhere; farms feeding into industrial ports, refineries feeding into an asteroid base in orbit, but not sure now if it’s a problem with economy links or an inherent issue with stations with assigned economies. I had thought those ports (industrial, scientific) were meant to behave as though they had one existing strong link to their respective economy types while still accepting other market links.
