1239 Capped Consumption

"How is the power grid holding up?" Max asked the next afternoon, as the work on the fourteen docked ships began and the two million new arrivals began to settle into the environment of Creeping Darkness.

"We are currently at eighty-nine percent of maximum total output. If we want to open a portal, it is still feasible, with a one percent margin of power consumption, but it cannot be done concurrently with powering up the warp drives or full shielding, unless we reduce power in other regions.

The industrial production is currently the largest user of power, as we are filling orders from six hundred and three customers for repair and emergency relief supplies. Second is the ship upgrading bays, while the general usage of the population accounts for a steady eight percent of total power availability.