The conventional power generator I am building is to ensure I have the power to build the lifts down to the steam and have some spare power left over to build other useful things at the same time. A single thermo generator gives us 20 power, and putting two next to each other will likely provide us with all the power I will need for the rest of the game. That is terribly space inefficient and would lead to something like one power generator for every two useful structures we build. Each conventional power generator costs 60 X-Com bitcoins and only provides 6 units of power.
The remaining 8 units of power is enough to build two things, maybe three. Just starting out the game we use 22 of our available 30 power units. That's a lot this early, not going to lie. For now though I only need the first thermo generator so my costs will be about 340 X-Com bitcoins. So it's going to be really expensive to get down there. Lastly each steam generator costs 200 Dollar-Pounds. It will cost 100 X-Com bitcoins just to build the access lifts to get there, and then another 80 X-Com Fun Bucks to excavate the two tiles.
They are down there on the third level though, so getting to them early is going to be a bit expensive. This game I'm pretty lucky with two steam vents right next to each other. The only thing that can differ are which spots are pre excavated for you at the beginning of the game and where you get steam vents and how many of them you get. Managing your base layout doesn't have a lot of variables game to game. I've already ordered excavation going across the top level and started building a power generator. Enough to excavate a tile or two of the base, it builds another medkit, it covers the recruiting cost of 1.5 soldiers, or is 25% the cost of power generator that will be needed to be built soon. 23 Dollar-Pounds this early in the game is quite a bit. Let's go visit Shen and see what the costs are down to now.Äown to 77 X-com bitcoins, nice! That's a savings of 23 X-Com Fun Dollars. A satellite right then would have cost me 100 X-Com bitcoins. Remember how I didn't build a satellite at the end of the first video? Well that was to save money. So the first priority my money is going toward will be satellites.
More Satellites means more money and an easier time controlling global panic levels. Right now my priorities are keeping my soldiers alive, and getting as much satellite coverage as possible. There is a lot to build over the course of the game and there is never enough money to get everything you want right away. Proper base management helps make the most out of your resources. Part 3: Supplemental 1 - Base Management Base ManagementĪfter our first real mission it's time to do a little work around the base.