I think e just mis-read the rule. I doubt any harm was intended.

From 2.2: “A Corporation may, at any time, set its Production value to the square of the number of Factories it controls.”

Corrected the numbers as per the GNDT right now.  Enter a CfJ if you’d like to contest, Chronos.

To clarify: that means 4 factories crates 2 production, yes? Not 4 factories creates 16, correct? Simple mistake, it seems.

No.  4 Factories = Production equal to THE SQUARE OF 4 = 16 Production.  You and Chronos appear to be reading “square” as “square root,” but that doesn’t appear until later in the rule.

Here is how it works:

4 factories gives you 16 production.

You spend 16 production on factories. You build sqrt(16) = 4 factories.

You spend 9 production on offices, 4 on factions and 3 on cash.
You build sqrt(9) = 3 offices, sqrt(4) = 2 factories, and 3 cash.

You square root when figguring out much you build, you square when figguring out how much you can build.

Btw, Bucky… I loved the title of this post.

Thanks, that really clarifies things. I appreciate it {:0)