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Could someone in the know explain how these work? I've never quite figured it out. I watch the refinery ships make thier runs, but I'm not quite sure what I'm seeing.
I think I've figured out trade, but a quick rundown on that would be great too, just in case I'm way off. Thanks!
Each refinery you build produces enough refinery ships to work at each extractor in the same grav well and all extractors 1 jump away. Each extractor at a colonized planet can support 3 ships working it (so 3 refinery structures) and neutrals can support 4.
So unlike trade ports, you shouldn't be building refineries everywhere. If you have a good cluster of connected planets, dropping 3 refineries on one of them can get you extra resources from 3-4 other planets if you're lucky.
The Advent don't have a dedicated refinery structure, their trade port researches an ability to switch to refinery mode - doesn't service nearby planets, but it beefs up extraction at the current planet considerably.
Wow! that's great information. Where did you learn that? (is there a site that catalogues this kind of information?)
Yeah if you hover over an extractor (AFTER building a refinery) you can see "Refinery Quota 1/3", means it can support 2 more refineries up to 1 jump away 
/facepalm - I should have guessed that one. All the other numbers in the game uses float over popup info. Well, I learn something new every day. Tnx
lol. as if my tec economy wasnt strong enough already. Some advent gonna die tonight 
There was some talk during 1.05 that logistics slots used by refineries would be better used for trade ports, as in they give more money to buy resources, than the refineries give resources. Is this still the case in 1.12?
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