Resource

Resources function in different ways. Every Earth-based polity has access to space elevators which negate the local gravity well. Resources produced on Earth thus can be used throughout the solar system and count towards a faction's general resource pool.

General Resource Pool
The General Resource Pool is the store of resources available to be transmitted throughout the Solar System. Resources within the pool are available regardless of distance, as they can be launched and moved at levels of inertia far in excess of human tolerance.

RSRC
RSRC are resources like minerals, metals, concrete, anything used to physically produce something. RSRC are limited by gravity wells. To add them to the general resource pool (in effect, launch them into orbit) one would need to pay the resource cost of the gravity well itself.

''Example: Settlements on Mars are producing a total of +10 RSRC per turn for the Republic of India. India wishes to add resources to its general pool to build a new habitat on Titan. The gravity well of Mars is 5, thus if India spent all 10 resources, 5 would pay for the cost of launching the resources and overcoming the gravity well, and 5 would be added to the general pool. India might prefer to wait until it has built up a local pool of resources on Mars, say thirty or forty, before it launches them all for the same cost of 5.''

Energy
Energy represents electrical power, and is necessary to run certain buildings. Having an energy deficit means that some buildings will "turn off" and no longer produce. Energy is not affected by gravity wells, energy can be produced in orbit and beamed down to planets, or produced on planets in nuclear power plants and then beamed into satellite systems which collect it and beam it to other satellite systems which transfer it to other planets with very little lost. Thus, all energy produced goes to the general resource pool.

Food
Food represents all organic biological material necessary to support human life. Much like RSRC, food is limited by gravity wells. To add food to the general resource pool, one needs to pay the resource cost of the gravity well. Some planets or moons may be more suitable for the production of food due to increased solar energy, correct locally available minerals to produce soil, tidal locking, or other factors.

Research
Research represents the data generated to be applied towards the advancement of the various technological fields. Research can be beamed at lightspeed between settlements, and is thus unaffected by gravity wells.