Colony maintenance

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Hi all,

What determines the amount of colony maintenance? On my homeworld it's like a cost of 2 but on a colony a few parsecs away it's around 12 with no improvements. Where is this money going? I thought maintenance depended on upkeep cost of improvements. At least that's what this horrid instruction manual would have one believe. I do hesitate to call it an instruction manual. I find more info out on these message boards.

Regards
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The 'initial colony' building has an upkeep cost of 12, while the civilization capital has no upkeep cost itself.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
For the Good ethics bonus, what constitutes the "5 largest colonies with zero maintenance?" Is that the 5 largest colonies in population, or the 5 colonies with the highest maintenance?
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
For the Good ethics bonus, what constitutes the "5 largest colonies with zero maintenance?" Is that the 5 largest colonies in population, or the 5 colonies with the highest maintenance?


i'm pretty sure its population.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Does that mean the 5 largest planets or just the 5 initial colonies?
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'm thinking that if its the initial colonies of the 5 largest planets there might be a way to milk this. Say build economy starbases around them and build capitals, stock exchanges and farms ... no manufacturing or tech research improvements. I wonder if the advantage applies to bonus points(mp,tp,ep) for the colonies as well?