Consumer Industry

The Consumer Industry is a direct upgrade to the vanilla Light Industry and is unlocked by completing the Consumer Goods Production technology. It otherwise functions as a more efficient version of the prior industry, being able to produce both Domestic Goods and Luxury Goods. If the player has a Free Port, it will also produce Recreational Drugs while demanding both Organics and Heavy Machinery.

It can be further refined by using either a Story Point and/or AI Cores. Additionally, it can accept the Biofactory Embryo special item.

• Story Point: Increases Industry Production by (+1) Domestic Goods/Luxury Goods. If the colony is a Free Port, it will also affect any Recreational Drugs.
• Gamma Core: Reduces Demand by (-1) Heavy Machinery/Organics.
• Beta Core: Reduces Demand by (-1) Heavy Machinery/Organics and reduces Upkeep by 25%.
• Alpha Core: Increases Industry Production by (+1) Domestic Goods/Luxury Goods. If the colony is a Free Port, it will also affect any Recreational Drugs. Reduces Demand by (-1) Heavy Machinery/Organics and reduces Upkeep by 25%.
• Biofactory Embryo: Increases Industry Production by (+2) Domestic Goods/Luxury Goods. If the colony is a Free Port, it will also affect any Recreational Drugs.

Name	Graphic	Cost / Time	Base Upkeep	Production	Demands	Notes	Special Items
Consumer Industry		500,000¢ / 120 Days	Colony Size * 5,000¢	Domestic Goods (Size + 2) Luxury Goods (Size) Recreational Drugs If a Free Port (Size)	Organics (Size + 2) Heavy Machinery (Size)	Tier III Light Industry	Biofactory Embryo