Inflection Point

Overview Have you ever wanted your empire to start on an overcrowded Ecumenopolis? Ever wished your megacorp could be more like Buy'n'Large from Wall-E and totally mess up your homeworld with untrammeled consumerism? Now you can! Inflection Point starts you on a city planet with no natural resources. All of your food comes from a single planetary feature granting a handful of farming jobs. All your minerals come from the starting system mining station and a special Dwindling Stockpile feature. But not all things are wonderful in urban paradise - that stockpile will soon run out, and the planet's economy will soon start choking up. Your civilization is pushed by the concept of an inflection point: if they don't get out there and settle the stars now, they will soon face enough resource shortages that it will be hard, if not impossible, later. (Skippable) Events Don't get too down on yourself. There's light at the end of the tunnel, champ! The Inflection Point situation will guide you towards saving your homeworld. You'll have to devote resources to at least stopping the bleeding - don't be afraid to use the internal market! Once you've secured enough resources via space mining or colonization, build up your industrial base so you can start reversing the damage! As you get close, you'll be helped along the process of removing those blockers on your homeworld. Want to skip all that? Just open the planet screen for your homeworld, type event exodus.skip into the console, and that will set things as if you've completed the entire event chain. Simple Version Still too much faff? Consider this simple, AI friendly version: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2052764610 Balance Unlike Shattered Ring, this origin is intended to be somewhat balanced, as all things should be. Your homeworld will soon gain a modifier to remove the 20% bonus output from Arcology planets. (You'll get that back later.) You also have some special blockers that make you start with