Songs of Syx: why your days of food never go up
Days of food is a ratio, not a stockpile, so it falls while your barns fill. Put your own population and field numbers in and see where the balance breaks.
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Songs of Syx happiness: one need is capping the rest
Happiness follows the worst-covered need, not the average, so five good categories cannot rescue one empty one. Find your floor and what it costs to lift.
Songs of Syx haulers: how many does a route need?
Hauling is a throughput problem, not a staffing habit. Time one walk, enter four numbers, and get the hauler count your route needs before the backlog starts.
Songs of Syx trade: import it, or make it yourself?
Market prices tell you nothing until you convert them into worker-days. Price any good against your own industry and see which side of the trade you belong on.
Songs of Syx slavery: does it actually pay for itself?
Slaves cost guards, food and replacements before they produce anything. Price the whole arrangement in worker-equivalents and find your break-even output ratio.
X4 tugs not collecting salvage: narrow it down properly
Idle salvage tugs, auxiliary ships eating your stock, miners sitting still. Work the checks in order instead of guessing, and stop when one actually fails.
X4 9.0 weapon stats: time to kill compared
Weapon lists went stale after the 9.0 rebalance. Read the DPS numbers out of your own Encyclopedia and get the number that decides fights: real time to kill.
X4: how big a fleet to kill a Xenon station
How many ships a Xenon station takes is an exchange rate, not a ship count. Enter your fleet and your scan of it, and get losses and time on target.