Jobs Quotas

Per-faction, per-role quota tables driving DA’s Smart Sector Tags (SST) subsystem. Each participating faction has one collapsible entry; expanded, the entry shows 10 configurable rows.

In-game view

The menu is a vertical list of factions (Antigone Republic, Argon Federation, etc.), each faction acting as its own visual sub-section with a title bar. Every faction has the same row shape.

Per-role row structure

Every row has three configurable elements:

Element	Values	Effect
Fleet Size	Small Fleet / Medium Fleet / Large Fleet (radio-select — one active at a time)	Sets how many escort ships accompany each flagship. Small=1, Medium=2, Large=3. Only applies to patrol roles; economic roles use a single-ship model.
Galaxy Quota	Integer (slider, unit = Fleets or Ships depending on role)	Max total pool size across the entire galaxy. When actual count < quota, DA queues replacement orders.
Sector Quota	Integer (slider)	Max pool size in any one sector. Prevents all patrols piling up in a single high-value sector.

Row 1-4: Patrol roles (fleet-based, unit = “Fleets”)

Row	What it patrols	Typical role
Critical Sector Patrol	Sectors with the faction’s main shipyard / HQ / highest-value assets	Heaviest patrols. Faction can’t afford these to fall.
Core Sector Patrol	Inner-territory sectors, well inside the faction’s borders	Baseline security. High Galaxy Quota, low Sector Quota (spread out).
Border Sector Patrol	Sectors touching hostile-neighbor faction territory	Deters cross-border raids.
Contested Sector Patrol	Sectors bordering Xenon fronts or heavily-disputed frontiers	Attritional combat — highest sustained-loss quotas.

Row 5-6: Trade roles (ship-based, unit = “Ships”)

Row	Ship class	Purpose
L Trader	Large-class freighters	Long-range inter-faction trade lanes.
M Trader	Medium-class freighters	Local intra-faction trade.

Row 7-10: Mining roles (ship-based, unit = “Ships”)

Row	Ship class	Resource
L Mineral Miner	Large mining ships	Solid resources (ore, silicon)
M Mineral Miner	Medium mining ships	Same, smaller scale
L Gas Miner	Large gas collectors	Liquid resources (methane, hydrogen, helium)
M Gas Miner	Medium gas collectors	Same, smaller scale

Observed defaults (from source)

DA’s initial per-role quotas at gamestart (via md/deadairdynamicuniverse.xml:5457-5493):

Role	Fleet Size	Galaxy Quota	Sector Quota
Critical Sector Patrol (has-jobs)	Medium (2)	14 Fleets	2 Fleets
Critical Sector Patrol (no-jobs faction)	Medium (2)	1	1
Core Sector Patrol	Medium (2)	20 Fleets	1 Fleets

The “no-jobs” pattern applies when a faction was flagged as SST-eligible but doesn’t have suitable ship class definitions available — DA falls back to 1/1 to keep the row visible without spawning invalid ships. This is what you see for factions like Antigone Republic in the observed screenshot (Critical=1/1 because they don’t have a “critical” sector by their initial classification).

Real observed values from the sample save

Antigone Republic (ANT):

Role	Fleet Size	Galaxy Q	Sector Q
Critical Sector Patrol	Medium	1	1
Core Sector Patrol	Medium	20	1
Border Sector Patrol	Medium	20	2
Contested Sector Patrol	Medium	8	2
L Trader	—	20 Ships	2 Ships
M Trader	—	20	2
L Mineral Miner	—	4	2
M Mineral Miner	—	10	5
L Gas Miner	—	4	2
M Gas Miner	—	10	5

Preset scope note

Per-faction quotas are not in Configuration Presets scope — they live in per-faction nested tables and are edited directly here. Switching between presets keeps all quota values unchanged.

When to edit

• Boost a struggling faction: raise Galaxy Quota on Border/Contested Patrol for a faction losing frontier sectors. They’ll queue more replacements.
• Reduce CPU cost: lower L/M Trader and Miner quotas across all factions if your save is heavy — economy still works but fewer ships in the pool.
• Faction weakness on Xenon fronts: raise Contested Sector Patrol Galaxy Quota to 15-20 for Argon/Terran/Split (whichever is currently border-adjacent to Xenon).
• Reduce hyperactivity: lower Sector Quota to 1 across the board for calmer sector density (fewer patrols crowding the same sector).

Modded-faction rows

If a companion compat mod (Apus, ETW) is installed, its modded faction gets its own entry here with the same 10 rows. Without a compat mod, a modded faction’s row will show “No suitable ships available!” — DA can’t identify the modded ship classes to spawn.

Modifying via presets vs directly

Because these values are per-faction nested tables, the recommended workflow is:

1. Load the preset matching your intended aggression level (Aggressive boosts base multipliers, Peaceful cuts them).
2. Then hand-tune this menu for specific factions you want reinforced or reduced.