Territories and Resources

Expansions

Capital
Capital improvements cost 50 credits to construct.

Orbital Shipyards
Enormous orbital infrastructure dozens of kilometers across, these shipyards house millions of dockworkers and ship crews and are so large that they can be seen from the surface. These great structures provide the support needed to build and sustain an interstellar empire. Each level of Orbital Shipyards can support 1 additional Cruiser for your Faction.

Launch Megastructure
This is actually two superstructures coordinated to facilitate the mass transport of goods to and from the surface of your capital. On the ground it involves a massive launch station, often the base of a space ladder or hyperloop, hundreds of acres large and equipped to handle billions of tons of cargo. In space it requires an orbital port, capable of services and accepting cargo from enormous megafreighters. Each level of Launch Megastructure can support traffic from 5 Megafreighters.

Arcology
An arcology is a monolith-city, a single, enormous structure that can hold millions of people. Citizens can spend their entire lives living in an arcology and never need to venture outside - everything necessary for life is available in these huge cities. Every Arcology provides +5 Influence a turn.

Mega-Infrastructure
Bridges across oceans, dams that cut off entire seas, the potential of mega-infrastructure is immense and can vastly improve your capital's economy. Mega-Infrastructure provides +5 Credits a turn. May only be purchased once.

Clean System
One of the first things a space-faring society does after achieving FTL flight is clean up their own solar system. No one wants the potential rogue asteroid or comet resetting progress back to the stone age. Removing navigational hazards also improves local travel and provides easy mining resources. Clean System provides +5 Credits a turn. May only be purchased once.

Colony
Colony improvements cost 20 credits to construct.

Urban Center
Always the first area constructed on any outpost. The Urban Center services a colony's administrative, financial, industrial and commercial needs. It acts as the capital of a colony and houses most of its civilian population.
All Colonies have an Urban Center when founded. This functions as their capital. Additional Urban Centers provide +2 Influence per turn.

Shuttle Station
A shuttle station provides landing pads and support for shuttles traveling to and from orbit. It greatly improves the quantity of goods that can be efficiently shipped on and off planet, and during wartime it does the same for logistic supplies and military regiments.
Can Recruit and launch Torpedo Boats and Gunboats.
-1 Credit per turn

Extractors
Plantations, mines or processing facilities, depending on the resource extracted. Each extractor provides 1 unit of a trade good, as long as that trade good is present and available.
+1 Trade Good per turn. Requires presence of a trade good.

Ansible Station
FTL communication is incredibly expensive and the bandwidth is pathetically low, but having some means to contact the capital aside from freighter messages still helps a colony keep up its connection with the homeworld.
+1 Integration
Immediately alerts capital of invasions or colonial issues
-5 Credits per turn.

Anti Aircraft Emplacement
A military base with massive AA guns and missile silos. They are effective against both enemy aircraft and incoming dropships, providing a sort of "umbrella" radius around themselves where enemy drops become extremely dangerous. This often forces opponents to land and approach such sites on foot.
-1 Credit per turn

Airfield
A ground-based airfield can house and launch air-based assets.
-1 Credit per turn

Sensor Outpost
A sensor outpost is a military emplacement with high-powered radar and other sensor systems. It provides intelligence about enemy activities on a planet. The more sensor outposts on a planet, the more detailed the information they can provide on enemy landings and troop dispositions.
-1 Credit per turn

• 1 Sensor: Detects the launch of Dropships and their general area.
• 2 Sensors: Presence of ships in orbit. Exact location of dispatched dropships
• 3 Sensors: Detects aircraft assets in flight. Advanced warning of Dropship approaches.
• 4 Sensors: Track enemy armies on planet.
• 5 Sensors: Exact number of enemy armies and their assets

Station
Station upgrades cost 25 credits.

Habitat Module
The primary module, holding the primary reactor, life support and living habitats for the station's enormous crew. All stations have a Habitat Module when founded, which functions as their capital and living space.

Extractor Module
Mining and processing facilities can process consumer goods present in orbit.
+1 Trade Good per turn. Requires presence of a trade good.

Raiding Defenses
Light cannons and point defenses to turn back raiders or light attacks. These weapon systems won't stand up to a full scale warship, but they will dissuade boats and smaller ships.
Gain 2 Light Batteries
Gain 1 Point Defense
-2 Credits per turn

Military Station
Upgrade the station with armored plating and heavy batteries, making it a serious threat to even frigates and battleships. Note that this upgrade turns the station into a military target, and that any station-warship fight would do immense damage. This upgrade is best used when losing or damaging a station is preferable to seeing it captured.
Gain 2 Heavy Batteries
Gain Heavy Armor
-3 Credits per turn

Ansible Station
FTL communication is incredibly expensive and the bandwidth is pathetically low, but having some means to contact the capital aside from freighter messages still helps a colony keep up its connection with the homeworld.
+1 Integration
-5 Credits per turn

Scanner Outpost
Unlike ground-based sensors, which are built to detect dropships and enemy troops, station scanners are designed to monitor enemy warships and provide early warning. The more scanner outposts a Station has the more detail they will provide on enemy ships and movement.
-1 Credit per turn

• 1 Sensor: Arrival or departure of FTL ships in system.
• 2 Sensors: Location of ships in system as long as they are not shielded by environmental factors (behind a planet, in a nebula, etc.)
• 3 Sensors: Information on enemy maneuvers and activities.
• 4 Sensors: Details on enemy Cruisers and the class of enemy ships in system.
• 5 Sensors: Full sensor coverage of the system.