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 Generates [[Hydrogen]] and [[Deuterium]] when placed on the equator of a [[Gas Giant]], or Hydrogen and [[Fire Ice]] on the equator of an [[Gas Giant#Ice Giant|Ice Giant]].
-The resource collection rate depends on the yield of the giant and the gathering speed of the [[Orbital Collector]]. The default gathering speed is 8. The gathering speed can be increased with the [[Veins_Utilization_(Upgrade)| Veins Utilization]] upgrade. The collection rate is calulated as yield * gathering speed.
+The resource collection rate depends on the base yield of the Giant and the Gathering speed of the [[Orbital Collector]]. The default Gathering speed is x8. Gathering speed can be increased with the [[Veins_Utilization_(Upgrade)| Veins Utilization]] upgrade. The actual collection rate is calculated as '''base Giant yield * Gathering speed'''.
-However, some of the collected resources will be used to power the [[Orbital Collector]], which drastically lowers how much resources are actually usable.
+However, some of the collected resources will be used to power the [[Orbital Collector]], which lowers (sometimes drastically) the amount of resources that are actually produced.
-Both resources will be used to fuel the [[Orbital Collector]], regardless of how much is stored of each resource.
+The resources are used proportionally to how much is collected per second (regardless of how much of each resource is stored), and to energy values of the resources.
-The resources are used proportionally to how much is collected per second, and how much energy is generated by burning the resource.
-For example: A giant has a yield of 0.5 fireice/s and 0.25 hydrogen/s. The actual resource yield can be calculated like this:
+E.g.: Assume a giant with base yield of 1.0 Fire Ice/s and 0.5 Hydrogen/s and base Mining speed (100%) giving Gathering speed = x8. The actual resource yield can be calculated as follows:
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Collection rate !! Power value !! % of total power collected !! Power diverted to Orbital Collector !! Resources remaining
+! Gas Giant base rate !! Power values of resources !! Total of power values || Fraction of total power !! Orbital Collector consumption !! Base rate * Gathering Speed !! Actual resources produced
 |-
-| 0.5 fireice/s * 8 = '''4 fireice/s'''
+| 1.0 Fire Ice/s
-| 4.8 MJ/fireice * 4 fireice/s = '''19.2 MW'''
+| 4.8 MJ/Fire Ice * 1.0 Fire Ice/s = '''4.8 MW'''
-| style="text-align:center"| '''52%'''
+| rowspan="2"| 4.8 MW + 4.5 MW = '''9.3 MW'''
-| 0.52 * 30MW = '''15.4 MW'''
+| 4.8 MW / 9.3 MW = '''~0.52'''
-| (19.2 MW - 15.4 MW) / 4.8 MJ/fireice = '''0.77 fireice/s'''
+| 30 MW * 0.52 / 4.8 MJ/Fire Ice = 3.25 Fire Ice/s
+| 1.0 Fire Ice/s * 8 = 8 Fire Ice/s
+| 8 - 3.25 = 4.75 [Fire Ice/s]
 |-
-| 0.25 hydrogen/s * 8 = '''2 hydrogen/s '''
+| 0.5 Hydrogen/s
-| 9 MJ/hydrogen * 2 hydrogen/s = '''18 MW'''
+| 9 MJ/Hydrogen * 0.5 Hydrogen/s = '''4.5 MW'''
-| style="text-align:center"| '''48%'''
+| 4.5 MW / 9.3 MW = '''~0.48'''
-| 0.48 * 30MW = '''14.5 MW'''
+| 30 MW * 0.48 / 9 MJ/Hydrogen = 1.6 Hydrogen/s
-| (18 MW - 14.5 MW) / 9 MJ/hydrogen = '''0.39 hydrogen/s'''
+| 0.5 Hydrogen/s * 8 = 4 Hydrogen/s
+| 4 - 1.6 = 2.4 [Hydrogen/s]
 |}
-With the default gathering speed, most of the resources are lost to power the [[Orbital Collector]]. Researching higher levels of the [[Veins_Utilization_(Upgrade)| Veins Utilization]] is important to get good yields, as this increases the gathering speed of the [[Orbital Collector]] while keeping the power consumption the same.
+Since the consumption values are dependent only on fuel types and the ratio of their base production (since they scale equally with VU), for a given Giant the absolute loss of resources per Collector is constant. Similarly, a Collector on a Giant with 0.5 FI/s & 0.25 H/s with MS 100% would get only 0.75 FI/s & 0.4 H/s (compare that with the values above). As a result, with low Mining speeds giants with low base production rate will lose most of the production as upkeep. In such cases, researching first couple of levels of [[Veins_Utilization_(Upgrade)| Veins Utilization]] is crucial in making the Collectors profitable at all.
 ==Production Chain==