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Right now, at level 10, 2 lvl-2 Generic City Cores would get me 1600 Pop and 800 energy for 4 Surge points (and whatever other resources I don't stifle); another 40 surge points gets me enough energy out of the Thorium Reactors to cover all that pop, leaving me with 6 points to increase whatever else I need to catch up on--military to cover for whacks, food when that runs low, extra pop if I'm running too high on bliss, etc.
Upgrading a core means it costs 10 to surge it, and I don't have the option of getting small bits at a time. I'd love the option of partial upgrades, but I don't want to have to use 1/5 of my surge points on Population. Also, I doubt the surge value goes up in direct multiples every level--I don't think a Gen City Core would be 4000 pop at level 10 (not that I would want that). I think I'd like 800-1600 pop per cycle, and Gen City Core is the cheapest way to get them (well, aside from gifts, which, sure, I'd be happy for, but I don't think I can plan on getting 750-1500 worth of pop gifts every cycle).
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