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 | 48-80 |
| 2 | 68 | 53-83 |
| 3 | 73 | 54-82 |
| 4 | 173 | 108-238 |
| 5 | 167 | 95-239 |
| 6 | 155 | 82-228 |
| 7 | 144 | 116-173 |
| 8 | 150 | 123-177 |
| 9 | 159 | 129-188 |
| 10 | 101 | 79-122 |
| 11 | 98 | 81-116 |
| 12 | 105 | 85-129 |
| 13 | 110 | 60-160 |
| 14 | 84 | 42-126 |
| 15 | 101 | 54-149 |
There is a 60% chance that the table to the left is applied. The other 40% is totally random. So it's possible that you get a slot 1 or 15 colony with 300 fields, but you can also get a slot 6 colony with only 40 fields.
If you delete the colony, and after you colonize again in the same spot, the field number will most likely be different.
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:
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
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.
Optimal placement of all your planets in a galaxy would be every 50 solar systems (50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450) since you can only have 9 planets.
