Harsh Environment Enclosure
A city placed in a harsh environment, such as on a moon, will require harsh environment enclosures for all buildings. It brings with it a number of penalties and special restrictions.
While a biodome protects against the harsh environment, all buildings constructed still required the materials needed for the harsh environment enclosures. This is so the harsh environment enclosure can quickly be deployed in case the biodome fails.
City Penalties
All cities located in a harsh environment have the following:
- They have a permanent -1 morale penalty (-1 Harsh Environment Penalty)
- There will be no automatic citizen immigration without an airport terminal
- Citizens only immigrate at half the normal rate
- They will require air, either imported or produced locally
- They will require electricity at all time
Materials requirement
- Every building's floor in harsh environment requires extra building materials:
- 3 metal
- 2 plastic
- 1 electronic part
Moonbase
The first harsh environment colony is most often on a moon in order to mine eludium and possible lumenite, which is used to manufacture starships.