I believe while they have outposts, you still need harvesters to collect the resources.
Someone plaease correct me if I'm wrong.
I believe while they have outposts, you still need harvesters to collect the resources.
Someone plaease correct me if I'm wrong.
Yes, you need to have a planet that meets one of 2 things:
1 - You own it (Active colony, or Mining Outpost)
2 - Someone else owns it and you are trading with them.
The planets in your system already have mining outposts on them, aside from your terran home world which has a colony.
Hope this clears it up.
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.