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Trapped in SAAB with no ore?

jsc29

Active Member
I read in another post that the Mars colony disappears after a player ages up into SAAB. However, wouldn't this cause a problem because with no colony, there is no way to get credits. To explore a Mars region for ore one has to pay credits. So, it could happen that I player is unable to get Mars ore anymore because they run out of credits. Since Mars ore is required for research in both SAAB and SAV and possibly SAJM also, it appears that a player could be trapped in SAAB forever with no way to age up. Is that true?

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In the answers below they don't really exactly answer the question. The answer is that you cannot get trapped because in Space Age Asteroid Belt and above the players get access to different "synthesizer" production buildings that can produce each of the goods from Space Age Mars, including Mars Ore. So, for example, there is a Mars Ore Synthesizer. Because it is a lot easier to produce Mars Ore using the campaign Map, it is advisable to collect as much as will be needed before aging up to SAAB. So, just to be perfectly clear here: when you age up to SAAM you will LOSE YOUR ABILITY TO GET CREDITS because your Mars Colony goes away. Without the colony and the credits, you will no longer be able to explore for Mars Ore on the campaign map when your credits run out and your only way to get ore will be to make it with a synthesizer, which you will not want to have to do.
 
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Sharmon the Impaler

Sharmon the Impaler

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Agent327 said:
You can place a Mars Microbes Synthesizer in your main city.
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There are special goods synthesizers for each space age good in the age after for this purpose. They are slow and eat up your real estate in the city so better to get all the Ore/Ice/Carbon that you need and add another 15k of each before you leave the era. Agent put in microbes in error but his intention was Mars Ore.
 
Ebeondi Asi

Ebeondi Asi

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The suggestion is to make enough Mars Ore to be more than enough to last through later Eras. The post SAM synthesizers are a poor substitute. Just like making enough Promithium in advance, while have a good access to Arctic Goods, and Orichalcum needing Oceanic Goods. Since you also have to hae a lot of those later on too. Thinking ahead is an important part of the game.
So stay in Mars until you have 20,000 spare Ore. LOL
Post SAM Era you need 16,400 Mars Ore to be precise through Jupiter Era. (not yet out of Beta so that number may change slightly for Jupiter)
 
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