Colonisation

Introduction
Colonisation is the generic goal of the game. The bigger your empire is the bigger is the production and military power, but with great power greater responsibility comes. To defend a bigger empire is much harder than to defend a small system...

Requirements
To colonise you need the Colony Ship. This machine needs the following technology researched and buildings upgraded: The requirements above will allow you to build the ship, however, in order to be able to successfully colonise the planet you need to pay attention to the Planet position that you are aiming to and your Expedition Research Level.
 * Shipyard lvl 4;
 * Impulse Engine 3;

Expedition Research Requirements according to planet position:
 * Position [4 to 12] = level 1;
 * Position [3 and 13] = level 4;
 * Position [2 and 14] = level 6;
 * Position [1 and 15] = level 8;

Limits
Having the position limitations in mind, the limits for colonisation are really wide.

You are able to colonise 9 planets with Expedition Research level 1. After you reached the limit, you can have additional colonies according to the following formula.
 * [ ( Expedition Research / 2 ) - 1 ] = Number of additional colonies.

Additional notes
Your researches are shared through your empire. All colonies have the same levels as main planet.