### Upkeep Your fleets need resources to be maintained! You need people to replace the crew who've quit or retired, you need food to feed the crew, you need to maintain your fleets, and you need to fuel the damn thing. The upkeep cost of a fleet depends on its tech level. The upkeep cost is payed out when submit a fleet order to the Game Master. **Note that if you don't pay upkeep for a fleet, they won't follow your orders and might go rogue.** #### Non Fleet upkeep You also have to pay upkeep for each Poor World (Cyan X) equal to 10 * your tech level. _For Example, if you're tech level 3, and you have a poor world, it costs you 30 credits._ For low population (Purple Square) worlds you have to pay 1 * Tech Level /2 population for upkeep.. _For Example, if you're tech level 3, and you have a low pop world, it costs 6 population._ Low Tech Worlds (Yellow Octagon) reduce your nations tech level by 1, down to a minimum of 1. Non-Industrial World (Grey Leaf) this planet lacks industry, it consumes 1 * tech level/6 Production to upkeep. Non Agriculture (Green fire) this planet can't support food, it consumes 1 * tech level food The price of non fleet upkeep is factored into the money you get from barbara for your resources. if you have negative income, this results in negative in game events towards you.