Rate
Rate noun - Degree of excellence.
Upkeep
Upkeep noun - The act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Civs I through III basically ignore it completely; III has a different graphic for "workers" you "capture", and they work at half the normal rate but don't cost upkeep.
Source: Politically Correct History -
Infinite Supplies: Averted, though the rate of supplies Mark Watney runs through is reduced thanks to painstaking upkeep and MacGyvering.
Source: Literature / The Martian
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