Introduction

Colonizing planets forms a large part of player activity in the game. Colonization is accomplished by flying a spacecraft or vehicle to a planet, claiming it and then setting up the necessary infrastructure for a city. Players can accelerate this process by bringing along resources to give to the colony, bringing passengers or cryo travelers to give the starting population a boost, and working the building processes by hand.

Colonization of harsh environments such as airless moons or inferno worlds pose additional challenges. All buildings require additional resources, and population immigration comes solely from automated trade routes via airport terminals, or ships shuttling passengers from habitable worlds.