Economy

There are four basic resources in AD2460: Hassium, Indium, Strontium and Neodymium (Icons below) Each resource (except hassium) has a different 'tech' which specializes in utilizing this resource: Intech, Strontech, and Neotech. Though you will use all 4, when you specialize you will use one resource significantly more over the others. Your homeworld produces each resource. Your refinery facility allows you to produce a significant amount of resources (up to 123k of each per hour). You can also claim outposts, which produce resources as well. You can see your total outpost production, as well as the ratio of resources produced, from the outpost page; you can see the production of any given outpost by clicking on it from the outpost page. If you are in an alliance, your alliance might also redistribute taxes.The economy panel shows your homeworld output, outpost output, and tax distribution. It also shows your fleet upkeep, calculated at any given moment, and your alliance taxes and upkeep fees, which are a 24-hour average. You then see your estimated balance.

For more advanced players--if you raid, raid tax is calculated in alliance tax, but the income from the raid is not calculated in anywhere, so your income balance will be lower than the true value.

The Resource Overview Panel


The main production source is your Homeworld's refinery. This information is the top row. The next row is the sum of all the resources your outposts produce. Below that is your alliance's tax distribution, which only gives you resources if your alliance allows.

The next three rows will cost you resources, and are marked with an orange color. Fleet upkeep is the sum of your ship upkeep, including both combat and utility ships. Below that is alliance upkeep, which applies when you are in an alliance. Alliance tax applies when your alliance applies a tax to its members; it does not apply when you are not in an alliance or your alliance does not have a tax.

The Income Balance is the sum of all the afformentioned costs and revenue. The red upkeep debt occurs when you lack enough resources to pay for upkeep or tax. Thus, keep a few houndred thousand at your homeworld always.