Would this work? or be good?

[Project Danny]

(I have this game on GoG so thats why it dont appear on my profile)

So i was thinking of going with the machine race and picking

Origin: Arc Welders

Civic: Astro-Mining Drones

(for those who dont know heres the stats of it +50% Starbase capacity, −50% Orbital Station Build Cost, +50% Mining Station Output, −50% Menial Drone Output, −1 Energy from Technicians, −2 Minerals from Miners, Can construct Astro-Mining Bay starbase modules, Can construct Astro-Mining Hub starbase buildings, Cannot construct Solar Panel Network starbase modules)

now the reason for this is that would astro-mining drones stack with arc welders for a massive amount of minerals? and what would it be like for main game?

the idea behind this is that i want to further boost the origin arc welders or have civics/traits that would boost the arc welders origin to create a robot race whos more of like Machine Dwarfs i guess.. focused on Minerals

what you all think? thank you :)

[Garatgh Deloi]

It works. Gives you ton of everything mined from space. Note that being a machine gestalt also comes with a bonus to station income.

[Project Danny]

What about the negatives though? -50% menial drones output sounds like its gonna hurt a lot

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by Project Danny:

What about the negatives though? -50% menial drones output sounds like its gonna hurt a lot

*Shrugs* Its admittedly a juggling act. Not sure how good it would do in a skilled min/maxers hands when compared to other playstyles, but it seems effective enough to me.

You can focus your planets on advanced resources (alloys, Unity, Research) while trying to get everything else from space. I recommend spamming space stations with the Astro-Mining Bay's (They give energy, not minerals) and the Astro-Mining Hub's (add another positive modifier to mining stations in the system). I also recommend to focusing on Unity first and Research second, since upgrading your arc forges costs unity.

It also seems to combo well with the nanotech ascension, since nanites can be mined from planetary bodies.