yeah.. that's why you build it on some closeby planet, preferably iron poor.
apparently my 2606934 pop lvl 72 planet (very 1st colony, built from 2 ships.. heh)
is supposed to produce 4504245 food next turn...
eh?
and it's got a pd too, leaving the ship building planets without needing to pay for a pd.
beats me how that works out as i haven't been building any warships really. but as illustration, i have a 700k pop planet @ lvl 69 that produces only 700 steel... sacrificing 1 of those to feed the home is probably not too much of an ask.
that said.. having 6 food + pd planets around home is a bit of an overkill.. XD at least they can feed other planets eventually. assuming that leaving them non mind controlled won't end up draining all its food eventually.. making it completely useless.
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btw.. have you tried using the fleet overview screen to order your "hidden" fleet around?
