CAT 3.5: SS parts are assigned to the third highest "Good for Spaceship" rank

[lockstep]

As the title says. While the Apollo Programm features the highest "Good for Spaceship" rank (red), the various SS parts are assigned to the third highest rank (blue). They should feature the highest rank, too. (That is, unless anyone has won a Science victory without building all of them. )

 

[ExpiredReign]

Since the ranking of the various elements in the game are pulled from values assigned inside the game database, not arbitrarily placed by the developers, we can safely conclude that these SS parts are ranked as they are valued by the game.

Having said that, it might explain why I have seen a number of times other civs complete Apollo and then not build any SS parts, or at least not many parts.

 

[Thalassicus]

Higher rankings for objects give the tech higher ranks, and that effect ripples back through the tree to prerequisites of the tech. Apollo's red rank shows it's more powerful than a normal wonder. This super-high rank causes many earlier columns of technologies to get the spaceship flavor, so we know they lead to spaceship victory. The spaceship parts are more rare and powerful than normal units or buildings, but are not wonders, so they fit into the blue rank.

value | color | type
2|grey|indirect
4|white|common
8|green|good
16|blue|rare
32|purple|wonders
64|red|super-wonders