So
the wiki states that if you have a Gas planet at 18XMR research and turn it into a Cthonic the artifact and mineral output of the planet each become 3XMR. It also states that if you had the Gas planet at a higher level, such as 20XMR, you would still get only 3XMR from the Cthonic, even though the effect is supposed to add half of the Research production to Arti and Mineral. My question is Does this mean that the maximum benefit a Gas planet can receive from going Cthonic is 3XMR, even if there is already Arti production on the gas, or does it mean that it can only receive a maximum of 15 levels (Extremely Sparse to 3XMR) from going Cthonic?
For instance, if I have gone all Taltherian on my gas planet and increased its arti production to 15XMR , and have used planetary data optimizers to enhance the research production, will the arti production on my new Cthonic gain any bonus? Seems like it should jump up to 30XMR.