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Game Mechanics

Civic Structures are city buildings that can be placed by the mayor only and take no lots. City Halls, Gardens, Garages, Banks, Cloning Facilities, Shuttleports, decorations and mission terminals are Civic Structures; the city rank and Politician skills determine how many/when a structure can be placed and all maintenance costs come from the city treasury. Only the current Mayor has admin to these structures.

Decorations such as streetlamps, and statues can be added to the city through the use of the Place Decoration radial option upon clicking on the object in the mayor's inventory. The object is placed into the game world in a direction facing the compass north heading on the planetary map by default. Players can change the facing of the decoration through using the Align radial menu and choosing one of the 4 options: North, South, East West. Choosing one of these will cause the decoration to face in that direction. Each turn reflects a 90 degree change in direction. Mayors may remove decorations from their city through using the Remove radial option on the decoration's radial menu. Removing a decoration will place the object back into the mayor's inventory.

Mission terminals are added to a city by using the /installmissionterminal command. Once issued, the player receives an Install Mission Terminal window that displays all available mission terminal types. A mayor can only place terminals in which they have skills to do so. Mayors may remove the terminal through clicking on the radial menu and selecting the Remove radial option. Doing this will destroy the terminal.

City Structure Report

A citizen or the mayor may check the status of city structures by using the City Info radial menu and selecting the Structure Report radial option. This will open up the City Structure Report window which will list all available city structures including terminals, decorations and gardens along with their current condition value (between 0 and 100%).

Note: Post CU the city structure window has been updated from a simple listing of structures and their condition values. The post-cu window now contains information such as their coordinate locations and structure types.

Civic Structure Types and Requirements

Player City structures require the city to be a certain rank in order to be placed (detailed above), but also requires the politician player to have certain class skills as well. Each structure within a city adds to the weekly maintenance deducted from the city treasury at the time of the city update. Politician skill is used to place structures and is not required to maintain structures. Structures and specializations are reliant on the city rank to continue to operate.

City Hall

Requires Novice Politician to place.

A City Hall is a civic structure and takes no lots, but provides the Mayor with 250 item limit for decoration or storage. City Hall is the only Player City structure that cannot be redeeded, only destroyed. Once it is placed, the only option is removal which results in the destruction of the city. City Hall is the center of the city radius and is where city administration takes place.

Cloning Center

• Requires City Rank: Township to place
• Requires Politician Martial Policy II to place.

Cloning Centers are civic structures and take no lots, but they provide the Mayor with 250 item limit for decoration or storage. They cost the city 20k credits per week in maintenance. A Cloning Center may be redeeded by the Mayor using the "Destroy Structure" option on the Structure Terminal. Player City Cloning Centers work in the same manner as NPC city Cloning Centers. You have the option to store clone data at that location, and insurance terminals are available.

Garage

• Requires City Rank: Village to place
• Requires Politician Civic Policy II to place.

Garages are civic structures and take no lots. A Player City Garage allows players to repair their vehicles just as NPC Garages do. When a player drives near the Garage, a system message appears stating, "You have entered into the proximity of a vehicle garage." A "Repair" menu option will appear on the player's vehicle and using this option will open the repair estimate window. If a Player City has added a Garage Tax, this percentage will be automatically added into the repair estimate.

Gardens

Each planet has unique garden options open to them, using the same planet-specific deeds as any other civic structures. Gardens are civic structures and take no lots.

Garden Types:

Small & Mediam Gardens

• Requires City Rank: Outpost to place
• Require Politican City Customization III to place

Large & Exotic Gardens

• Requires City Rank: Township to place
• Require Politician City Customization IV to place.

Shuttleport

• Requires City Rank: City to place
• Requires Politician Fiscal Policy II to place.

Shuttleports are civic structures and take no lots. Player City Shuttleports allow players to travel in and out of the city to any other shuttleport or starport on the planet. Using the ticket terminal opens up a planetary map with available destinations; selecting a destination will give you the cost of the ticket to travel to that location. The ticket collector will let you know how long of a wait it is until the next shuttle arrives.

Profession Trainers

With Politician Civic Policy II, a Mayor gains the ability to use the /recruitskilltrainer command to place a skill trainer anywhere within the city limits. All class trainers are available to be placed in a Player City except Pilot trainers and Shipwright trainers. Recruiting a trainer costs the city 1k credits from the treasury to place and 1500 credits per week. A Mayor can remove trainers via the radial menu for the item; only Mayors can see the "Remove" option available on these items.

Mission Terminals

A Mayor with Politician Civic Policy I can use the /installmissionterminal command to place a terminal within city limits; the Mayor stands in the location where the terminal is to be placed, types the command and places the desired terminal using the pop-up window. A Mayor with Martial Policy 4 gains the ability to place faction terminals. In cities with the "Improved Job Market" specialization, the payouts from mission terminals are automatically increased by 20%. Like decorations, terminals take 1k credits from the city treasury to place and adds 1500 credits each to the city's weekly maintenance. Terminals may be picked up by the Mayor using the radial menu. A Mayor can remove terminals via the radial menu for the item; only Mayors can see the "Remove" option available on these items.

Decorations

There are several architect-crafted decorations that may be placed anywhere in a Player City by the Mayor. There are some limits on how close decorations can be placed to city structures, and they also place a "footprint" onto the placing grid like structures do. With Politician City Customization I, a Mayor can place statues and streetlamps. At Politician City Customization II, a Mayor can place fountains. Decorations take 1k credits from the city treasury to place and are dropped from the Mayor's inventory into the desired location. A city may have up to its rank X 10 decorations, and every decoration adds 1500 credits each to the city's weekly maintenance. A Mayor can remove decorations via the radial menu for the item; only Mayors can see the "Remove" option available on these items.

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