Upgradable Resource Collectors

This mod adds upgraded versions of the resource gathering buildings in two technological tiers to the game. This allows you to convert building slots into several districts worth of jobs, but at a cost. For example you can build a power plant on a planet which has run out of energy sources and therefore cannot build additional generator districts, but these power plants of course require a source of fuel in the form of exotic gases. The same applies to fertilizer/explosives (volatile motes) for Hydroponic Farms/Mineral Mines, etc. The general mod philosophy is that you can't just conjure resources out of thin air, but by investing some space and resources for some additional production infrastructure you can wring a lot more resources out of your worlds. This is generally especially useful to maximize production on specialized colonies such as mining worlds where the various stacking bonuses help to offset the upkeep costs. Though this increases the need for strategic resources, that is offset quite a bit by the fact that this mod also adds upgraded versions of the strategic resource mining buildings, as well as allowing you to build them on habitats that have the appropriate strategic resource deposits. Think of this as requiring specialized heavy-duty industrial equipment in order to mine greater quantities of these rare resources. To unlock the new buildings several technologies have been added which need to be researched first. Their naming conventions, descriptions and sprites all match the general themes and aesthetics of the base game. If you like my content please also check out the Youtube channel of my wife and I, where we play games and talk trash together. We would greatly appreciate it if you took some time to watch our antics!