STAGE 1 - RESEARCH

Stephen: Now there are 2 parts of Stage 1. 1st is colony management (building up your planet) 2nd is research Research After building some infrastructure, you can conduct research. To get there click on Research (see below).

Now select what you would like to research. (see below).

There is 3 things you can research:- 1. Infrastructure upgrade 2. Minerals 3. Technology tree Stephen: If you are new, I suggest you to follow the following... 1. Research your commercial up to level 5. 2. Alternate between researching and building some infrastructure on your colony. 3. Once your homeworld (1st colony) is fulled build up, research Terran minerals. 4. Then research the Research Tree until you get frigate class ships. Things you should know:- 1. 1 level of commercial infrastructure research upgrade = 10% increase in to your income. 2. You need to research minerals before anything shows up in your research tree. 3. Refer to the manual for more information on the research tree Stephen: You are all set now to play. Come back when you are ready to move on to exploration and expansion.