Districts

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This article has been verified for the current PC version (2.5) of the game.

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Districts represent large areas of development on the planet dedicated towards a particular purpose, whether that be housing or resource gathering. The total number of districts that can be built on a planet is equal to the planet size. The number of mining, generator and agriculture districts is further constrained by the deposits on the planet.

Each district contributes to the Empire Sprawl (with one district being equivalent to one system), which can increase costs such as, but not limited to Research and Unity if above the Administrative Capacity, but since districts provide more raw resources than average systems, it should not be a strong limitation.

Unlike buildings, districts will be retained in case of planetary depopulation.

Planetary districts

Each normal planet can support four different types of districts: a housing district and three different resource districts.

Housing

A housing district mainly provides housing for Pops living on the planetary surface. The maximum number of housing districts that can be built per planet is equivalent to its planetary size.

• Upkeep: −2
• Time: 480
• Cost: 500
• Agrarian Idyll civic: −1
• Public works tradition: +1
• Weather Control Systems tech: +1
• Anti-Gravity Engineering ( Agrarian Idyll): +1

	District		Jobs	Government	Description
	City District	5	Clerk: +1 Clerk: +1	Gestalt Consciousness	These dense urban centers provide large amounts of housing and office space for clerical workers.
	Hive District	6		Hive Mind	These towering spires are where the drones gather when not working to rejuvenate and consume nutrients.
	Nexus District	5	Maintenance Drone: +1 Tech-Drone: +1	Machine Intelligence	Centralized districts where drones are serviced and repaired before they are deployed to their work assignments.

Resource

A resource district provides some additional housing, and creates jobs that generate energy, minerals, or food resources. The number of resource districts that can be built varies on the planetary tiles that generate the specific resource type, except on Hive Worlds and Machine Worlds. Resource districts do not generate resources per se, but rather the jobs that the district provides are the source of the resources. Agriculture Districts cannot be build on Machine Worlds.

• Upkeep: −1
• Time: 240
• Cost: 300

	District	Housing	Regular Jobs	Hive Mind Jobs	Machine Intelligence Jobs	Description
	Generator District	+2 +3 with Agrarian Idyll	Technician: +2	Tech-Drone: +3	Tech-Drone: +2	Rows of massive power plants that generate massive amounts of energy which can then be used or converted into energy credits.
	Mining District	+2 +3 with Agrarian Idyll	Miner: +2	Mining Drone: +3	Mining Drone: +2	These mining towns and resource extraction centers drill deep into the mantle to access mineral deposits.
	Agriculture District	+2 +3 with Agrarian Idyll +4 with Agrarian Utopias	Farmer: +2	Agri-Drone: +3	Agri-Drone: +2	Land set aside for cultivation, either through the growing of crops or animal husbandry.

Ring World districts

Ringworlds have their own set of districts called Segments. They are the most powerful district types available but also the most expensive. Each Segment takes 600 days to complete.

	District	Regular Jobs	Hive Mind Jobs	Machine Intelligence Jobs		Cost	Upkeep	Description
	City Segment	Clerk: +20 Enforcer: +1			80	2000	−10	Urban centers fill this Ring World section, providing large amounts of housing and office space for clerical workers.
	Hive Segment				60	2000	−10	Towering spires stretch across this Ring World section for drones to gather when not working to rejuvenate and consume nutrients.
	Nexus Segment			Maintenance Drone: +10 Tech-Drone: +10	60	2000	−10	Efficient districts fill this Ring World section, provide locations for drones to be serviced and repaired before they are deployed to their work assignments.
	Commercial Segment	Clerk: +10 Artisan: +5 Merchant: +5			20	2000 90	−10 −2	Civilian industry and infrastructure populate this Ring World segment dedicated to commerce.
	Generator Segment		Tech-Drone: +30	Tech-Drone: +20	20	2000 90	−10 −2	Reactors fill this Ring World section, focused on the generation of energy.
	Research Segment	Researcher: +20	Brain Drone: +20	Calculator: +20	20	2000 90	−10 −2	Research facilities of all kinds fill this Ring World Segment.
	Agricultural Segment	Farmer: +20	Agri-Drone: +30	Agri-Drone: +20	20	2000 90	−10 −2	Endless seas of farmland stretch across this Ring World section, growing massive amounts of food.

Arcology districts

Ecumenopolis worlds have their own set of districts called Arcologies. They provide a far larger amount of housing and jobs than planet districts but cannot produce basic resources.

	District	Regular Jobs	Hive Mind Jobs	Machine Intelligence Jobs		Cost	Upkeep	Description
	Residential Arcology	Clerk: +5	Maintenance Drone: +2	Maintenance Drone: +2	15	1000	−5	With these special ecumenopolistic city districts, integrated vertical architecture is utilized to maximize population density over land surface area.
	Foundry Arcology	Metallurgist: +10	Foundry Drone: +10	Fabricator: +10	10	1000 50	−5 −2	Geared towards military industries, this ecumenopolistic district is filled with the roar of smelters and the clang of metallurgies.
	Industrial Arcology	Artisan: +10		Artisan Drone: +10	10	1000 50	−5 −2	Workshops filled with artisans and civilian industries line the stacked streets of this district.
	Leisure Arcology	Culture Worker: +5 Entertainer: +5 Duelist: +5			10	1000 50	−5 −2	Where denizens of the ecumenopolis unwind in their leisure hours.

Habitat districts

Each Habitat has up to 3 District types available. A fourth one becomes available if the Habitat is built above a planet with certain resource deposits.

• Upkeep: −2
• Time: 240
• Cost: 400

	District	Regular Jobs	Hive Mind Jobs	Machine Intelligence Jobs		Requirements	Description
	Habitation District	None	Maintenance Drone: +1	Maintenance Drone: +1	8		A habitat housing district provides comfortable, if compact residences for its population.
	Trade District	Clerk: +5			3	Gestalt Consciousness	A sprawling habitat trading district where merchants and clerks conduct business.
	Leisure District	Culture Worker: +1 Entertainer: +2 Duelist: +2		Maintenance Drone: +1 Bio-Trophy: +5	3	Gestalt Consciousness	Who needs the great outdoors, with hubs of habitat entertainment like these?
	Astro-Mining Bay	Miner: +3	Mining Drone: +4	Mining Drone: +3	3	Minerals or Alloys deposit on the planet	With no natural resources on their own, Habitats depend on these facilities to mine and process minerals from nearby asteroids and planetoids.
	Reactor District	Technician: +3	Tech-Drone: +4	Tech-Drone: +3	3	Energy deposit on the planet or Gestalt Consciousness	Habitat-side energy production plant districts generate energy-credits, as well as provide power to the arcology on which they are built.
	Research District	Researcher: +3	Brain Drone: +3	Calculator: +3	3	Research deposit on the planet	Centers of scientific discovery, these habitat districts employ researchers from myriad fields of study.