Life Support

To survive in the space ages, your colony needs to be healthy. They rely on you to keep them productive, so its your task to keep in mind the amount of Life Support you provide to your Colonists.

Life Support is provided by certain buildings in the space ages's colonies (Mars, Asteroid Belt, Venus and Jupiter Moon). It is the Space Colony equivalent of Happiness. On Earth, Happiness boosts the productivity of the citizens by producing more income, supplies etc. However, having a high Life Support in the respective colony provides the player with discounts in goods production costs. The actual discount received varies depending on the level of Life Support, but it is always discounts in Coins and Supplies costs.

If no goods are produced in the colony, it is not necessary to have a high Life Support value to keep the colonists alive.

Life Support Calculations[]

The following values are relevant while calculating productivity percentage:

Demand for Life Support is equal to Outpost's total population (of Colonists).
Provided Life Support is equal to the sum of Life Support provided by all Life Support Buildings
Life Support Ratio is calculated by dividing the provided Life Support with the demand for Life Support.

Discounts for Life Support Levels[]

The life support is represented by the red-yellow-green colors. The discount will only affect the gold and supply cost for producing goods. The following table has the cost for the 2 days production option as an example. The higher amount in parentheses of goods obtained is the boosted amount.

Color	Discount	SAM (2d for 18 (90) goods)	SAAB (2d for 24 (120) goods)	SAV (2d for 24 (120) goods)	SAJM (2d for 24 (120) goods)
Red	No discount	900,000 gold and supplies + 45 ore	1,728,000 gold and supplies + 60 ice	2,340,000 gold and supplies + 60 carbon	3,240,000 gold and supplies + 60 DNA
Yellow	50%	450,000 gold and supplies + 45 ore	864,000 gold and supplies + 60 ice	1,170,000 gold and supplies + 60 carbon	1,620,000 gold and supplies + 60 DNA
Green	75%	225,000 gold and supplies + 45 ore	432,000 gold and supplies + 60 ice	585,000 gold and supplies + 60 carbon	810,000 gold and supplies + 60 DNA

Life Support Buildings[]

Currently the only way to gain Life Support is through Life Support Buildings. As mentioned earlier, the Space Age Mars and Space Age Asteroid Belt utilize this feature as of now. A list of these buildings can be found below.