Quote Originally Posted by Tassadar View Post
Or just capture the relics to save on population which you could use for more workers, although if you have tons of gold and not enough other resources eventually the cost for trading for those resources will skyrocket.
That somewhat depends on luck. I'm never good with luck. I do try best to capture them if I find any, but usually the only time I find them is at the end of the game when I'm wrecking the enemy's most guarded monetary.