Production questions

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I also posted this on the newsgroup... so i apologise if you had to read it twice but...

Whenever I play, I notice that the AI races planets' all have huge
production compared to mine. I tried to focus on production research and
infrastructure, and managed to do ok, but if it wasn't for a huge class 25
planet I had... everythign would still have taken far too long to produce.
Does anyone have some strategys for improving production? So far i've 1)
built starbases with mining bonuses in all my sectors, 2) focused research
on production (although I may be missing some techs that could be useful...
and 3) building manufactuing complexes as soon as they are avalible (and
any other production improvement...) but I'm still beaten out by all of the
other races... can anyone comment?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
The best boosts for production (IMO) are starbases and the power plant techs. They aren't too hard to research and provide huge benefits.

Propulsion Theory -> Cold Fusion -> Interstellar Refining
Industrial Theory ----------------------------^

That is the easiest one to get, only four technologies required. It costs 50 production to build and provides +10% economics and +20% production. It's usually one of the first techs I run for, even before the ones giving you manufacturing plants.

~SDC~