Chart

Colony and Ship Notes

	Open Colonies	Enclosed Colonies	Orbiting Colonies	Ships
Allowed per player per planet1	1	1	1	any No.
Located on planet surface	Habitable terrestrial	Uninhabitable terrestrial	none	none
Located on asteroid	none	yes	none	none
Located in orbit	none	none	any planet	any planet
Life support unit required	no	yes	yes	yes
Structural units necessary per unit of mass2	1	5	10	10
Size limitation	none	none	none	none

Establishment

To establish a ship/colony, the player transfers materials (any type and number, including population) from a ship/colony already at the location to the new site by writing a set up order. The set up order is used only for ship/colony establishment and precludes transfer and assembly orders. The materials transferred by the set up order must include structural units, either farm units or food enough to feed the population for at least one turn; at least one population unit, (an unpopulated colony/ship is available for control by any other player who installs a population unit there); and enough construction units to assemble the ship or colony. If there are not enough construction units to do the assembly, then the proportionate portion of the assembly will not be done. Once the construction units have finished their work, they automatically return to the ship/colony from which they were transferred, unless otherwise specified in the set up order.