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stupid newbie - can't figure how to colonize - 8/31/2012 11:13:04 PM   
serg3d1

 

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Status: offline 		Just started playing and can't figure how to make a new colony. Built colony ship, bought location from pirats, what now? In exploration planning window there is no possible colonies, in colony ship menu no build colony option...
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RE: stupid newbie - can't figure how to colonize - 8/31/2012 11:23:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		It may be part of another empires zone of influence. You need to be at war to defy their territory.

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RE: stupid newbie - can't figure how to colonize - 9/1/2012 10:25:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Also, if it is a planet without any population, You must posses a proper technology in order to colonise. Is it a type of planet You should be able to colonise?

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RE: stupid newbie - can't figure how to colonize - 9/1/2012 3:56:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Use the Expansion Planner (3rd icon on the top as far as I remember), it will reveal you all the possible planets. Then you have the buttons of the bottom of the panel to either build and send a colony ship or send an existing one there.

Overall, you should really consider which planet you will colonize. Bad quality planets and/or planets without useful resources are useless and just eating up valuable resources of your empire. So th expansion planner is invaluable tool to pick your targets.

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RE: stupid newbie - can't figure how to colonize - 9/1/2012 4:21:58 PM   
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Bad quality planets and/or planets without useful resources are useless...


Except they are border territory or stepping stones to secure your border towards more useful resources!

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RE: stupid newbie - can't figure how to colonize - 9/1/2012 4:52:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		The problem was the potential colony was not visible in Expansion Planner. I just restarted game and can colonize now. Seems was some kind of bug.

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RE: stupid newbie - can't figure how to colonize - 9/1/2012 4:57:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well... you right, especially if you play with colonization distance limit settings like me :D

Normally if I need a stepping stone, I just find a gas cloud and build a refuel/repair point there. No need to have a colony to be able to start an invasion.

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RE: stupid newbie - can't figure how to colonize - 9/1/2012 5:12:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		The stepping stone meant increasing your border to connect with the new colony north to make it impossible for the enemy to take anything.

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