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STAGE 2 - EXPLORATION

Stephen: The key aspect for Stage 2 is...
  1. Expand your empire
  2. Defend it against intruders.


Expanding your empire
Exploration is an easy way to expand in the beginning.

 How to explore ?
  1. First build about 30-80 scout ships in Build Ship. As a Terran your first scout is the Viator.  When you've researched Crystal Lenses, Advanced Radar and Advanced Scout, then you will have a choice of two scouts, Viator and ViatorII.  *Always keep in mind that ships you use require a upkeep for every turn and watch your spending*
  2. Goto Explore, then send ships to explore.
Step by Step guide

     

  1. Ensure you have sufficient credit reserves

     

  2. Watch your credits, make sure your credits don't reach 0 ( ships require upkeep for each turn you use, so it can be easy to go into debt, be careful)

     

  3. Explore for 3-5 planets

     

  4. Stop exploring, disband your scouts

     

  5. Build up your colonies

     

  6. Build some defence (will be explained in the next section)

     

  7. Rest for a while, to get back your credit reserves

     

  8. Continue Step 1 to 7 again.

Advice ?

     

  1. You may lose your border colonies
    2. if you are under attack

     

  2. Have 3-6 unwanted/undeveloped colonies in your borders (as fodders/buffer)

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  3. Do not cluster if you do not have enough fodder/border colonies

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