Harvesting clarification

[Tsagoth]

Harvesters go to a planet (the source), sit there sucking up resources until they're full, then drop off resources at their destination

They don't wait until they are full. If they can load anything, then they will leave.

Unclaimed planets cannot be harvested - you can send a harv there, it will just sit there - there are no resources accessible for it to access and they don't do the second half of their run until they're full

Correct

Planets you claim (via a *colony ship) can be harvested

Correct

Planets claimed by others can be harvested by you - they get a bonus from your harvesting but they could also attack and destroy your harvesters (the meanies!)

No. You cannot harvest a planet owned by another player. The distinction is minor, but while trading and harvesting are performed the same way, you cannot use the Harvest command against another player's planet, you have trade with that other player.

Questions:

1. Is there a set time for uploading / downloading - and is it by ship capcity or ship class - does a ship with four times the capacity take four times as long?
2. Does uploading and downloading take the same amount of time?
3. What is the nature of the bonus to the player you harvest from? A percentage of what you harvest? A set amount?

1. The base time is 60 seconds to load or unload, regardless of ship size.
2. Yes.
3. Entirely skill dependent. Basically one class of skills gives you a bonus in the amount of resources you receive from the other player. A different class of skills allows that other player to cheat you out of what you get, either by reducing what you actually get, or by giving him a larger trade.