Quote Originally Posted by zarkwizard View Post
Actually when you are harvesting someone elses planet that's trading. It does not consume their resources, it gives them bonus resources, and gives you resources without taking anything of theirs. If you watch the trade video I think it explains the details.



I generally use small harvesters, since the planet is close it is easy to deplete the resources on the planet.
By couple of squares I mean outside my initial home planet and outposts and must go into different sector. Still use small harvesters, after placing outpost there? How far is too far for small harvesters to go to be efficient