Food

Most beings need Food to live.

Besides a simple quantity, Food will also have a Quality ranging from 1 (Poor) to 10 (Exquisite). All Food producing systems will produce a certain Quality of Food, and the overall Quality the station has is calculated by a weighted average and then rounded to the nearest whole number.

Example: 2 systems produce a combined 8 Food of Quality 2, while a third system produces 3 Food of Quality 5. The station has a total supply of 11 Food (8 + 3). The station's Food Quality is 3 ((2×8 + 3×5) ÷ 11 = 2.8182 ⇒ 3).

Inadequate Food supplies will make aliens unhappy, and eventually leave. Starvation is possible but takes a long time.