How to increase your administrator limit

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I didn't really mean to do it.  Honest.

I triggered the Benevolent Ideology perk, Enticing.  All planets and starbases in my territory flipped to me.  I was looking to get a few minor faction planets I had planted Culture starbases by in preparation for the flip.  I had a total of 5 administrators left after doing all tech increases.  It was tight.  I expected to get some of those administrators back when I didn't need the culture bases anymore.

I had forgotten about the AI's annoying habit of littering my space with resource mines.  I wasn't using those resources, they seemed to think, so why not?  And every one of those mining bases flipped to me.  I now have a list of about 40 resource mines and totally ridiculous amounts of resources.  I destroyed a culture base just to test, and now I have 6 administrators.

There is a hover tip that says I am using 96/102 administrators.  I am on an Immense map.  I am pretty sure that is a higher max than I had before.  My guess is you get the administrators along with the starbases.  When I decommission two of the newly acquired starbases, my available administrator count goes up to 8 and the hover tip says 94/102.

Yay for being Benevolent!

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

That is a wonderful xploit! Thanks for posting, time to culture flip. 

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Huh, that's a pretty good trick! I haven't been going the benevolent route in quite some time, tend to be more of a pragmatic kind of guy with a bit of malevolence and benevolence thrown in here and there... Will have to try that out in my next game!

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I would look at my resource bases sell the resources, or bases I don't want, and get rid of the stargazed I don't want, and keep the rest.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top


My guess is you get the administrators along with the starbases. When I decommission two of the newly acquired starbases, my available administrator count goes up to 8 and the hover tip says 94/102.

Your guess is correct, also works if but a starbase off the AI and decommission it

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting a0152570, reply 4



My guess is you get the administrators along with the starbases. When I decommission two of the newly acquired starbases, my available administrator count goes up to 8 and the hover tip says 94/102.



Your guess is correct, also works if but a starbase off the AI and decommission it

Good point.  Buying the base would do the same thing.

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Good job of interpreting what i meant vs what i typed(but=buy) :blush: