Planet growth

You can set the propaganda to 100% in the details bar to help keep morale up and the population growing.

~SDC~

Soil Enhancement and Habitual Improvement! - I've read about the following somewhere here:

Turn 1: Set Taxes as high as possible, Set Spending at 100%, Set Social Spending at 100% the others on 0%. On Earth *build* Soil Enhancement, and *buy* a second colony ship.

Turn 2: Found second colony if possible, begin to build Soil Enhancement. If you can't, don't do it (obviously).

Turn 3: Soil Enhancement on Earth is finished. Reduce Social Spending to 0%, Research at 100%. Research Medical Theory and Basic Environement Control.

Turn 4-8: Build thierd colony.

Turn 9: Basic Environemet Control researched. Put Social Spending at Max and start building Habitat Improvement on Earth and Soil Enhancement on the two colonies.

Turn 11: Begin to build Habitat Improvement on the two Colonies.

Turn 13: Begin to build Aphrodisiac on Earth

Turn 15: Rush Build Aphrodisiac.

You'll end up with 3 prospering star systems, a trade good and ~147 bc minus (depends on the quality of earth). Reduce spending to 40% and put 100% into research of Universal Translator.

~SDC~

Forget about the rush build of Aphrodisiac - at least until you've got Trade, the Leases are just to high. But once you've got some trade routes, you buy it. And the "turn"'s above are given aproximately only.

And of course, this'll only work if you find three 16+ planets in the first 8 rounds...

~SDC~

Thanks for the replies! Wish I was playing instead of having to work.

On this line of thought: What's your personal colonization planet quality benchmark? 16+? Do most just not bother with lower quality planets until later?

"What's your personal colonization planet quality benchmark?"

13+, although I restrict myself to 15+ until all the yellow star worlds within my reach are gone, since there's no rush for the others.

- Ash

~SDC~

"Forget about the rush build of Aphrodisiac - at least until you've got Trade, the Leases are just to high."

Never put off building/buying trade goods, or the minor races *will* beat you to them. The early expense more than makes up for the later payoff.

~SDC~