Colony
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To expand your empire, reach beyond your homeworld, and increase production of resources you need to colonize other planets
A planet is colonized using a Colony Ship . You can have only 8 colonies plus your homeplanet. The colonies have different diameter, and so different fields. This depends on the position of the planet in the solar system:
| Planet size per position | ||
|---|---|---|
| Position | Average | 60% chance |
| 1 | 64 | 39-89 |
| 2 | 68 | 53-83 |
| 3 | 73 | 34-82 |
| 4 | 173 | 83-298 |
| 5 | 167 | 84-232 |
| 6 | 155 | 82-328 |
| 7 | 144 | 116-173 |
| 8 | 150 | 123-177 |
| 9 | 159 | 129-203 |
| 10 | 101 | 65-122 |
| 11 | 98 | 81-116 |
| 12 | 105 | 85-129 |
| 13 | 110 | 60-170 |
| 14 | 84 | 42-172 |
| 15 | 101 | 54-149 |
If you delete the colony, and after you colonize again in the same spot, the field number will most likely be different.
Colonies with fewer than 155 fields are generally not suitable if you have long term expansion plans; as they build up they lead your empire into stagnation
Temperature on colonies varies; the hottest is at position 1 and the coldest at position 15.
Where in the galaxy you want to place you colony depends on how you play:
- Mines and defense colonies built close together are better to shorten transport times.
- If you get your resources through raids and are a fleetbuilder, ideally you want a base in each galaxy and two colonies free as roving raid bases for your fleet to attack from.
Scale from 0 - 350: Each horizontal line represents 50 fields
These graphs give a mean average. It IS possible to get a >200 fielder on slots 3 or 15 but the chance of this happening is extremely dim. Especially when a colony ships means a big investment to you you're better off looking for slots 4-6 planets if you plan to really develop on them. If you churn out dozens of them with ease you could go look for the rarest of planets.
