Every Pop on a planet will produce resources based on their job, and the available jobs depend on what Districts and Buildings you've constructed on the planet. Each Pop can represent thousands, millions, or even billions of people. Population, colloquially known as Pops in the game, represent the demographics of each planet. Buildings rarely provide housing, so Cities are also necessary to house the specialists working them. The first Building on a planet is always the Capital, and more slots are unlocked as you develop more Technologies and construct Cities. You may need a specific Technology to get rid of Blockers.īuildings provide more advanced jobs for your people than Districts, allowing you to produce key resources like Research and Unity or enhance a planet's overall effectiveness. Click the Features button on the planet window to see which of these Blockers can be cleared away. Furthermore, some District slots must be cleared on newly-settled worlds before they can be used. Provides housing and employment for two Pops as Farmers.ĭistricts provide basic materials at a much more efficient rate than mining stations out in space, but each planet can only support a limited number of Districts.Miners produce Minerals for your empire.Provides housing and employment for two Pops as Miners.Technicians produce Energy Credits for your empire.Provides housing and employment for two Pops as Technicians.Metallurgists convert Minerals into Alloys.Artisans convert Minerals into Consumer Goods.Provides housing for two pops, with employment for one Artisan and one Metallurgist.Clerks also produce Trade Value, helping your empire's income.Clerks provide Amenities, keeping the planet's people happy.Provides employment for one Pop as a Clerk.Each City on a planet adds a Building slot.Anomalies are almost always beneficial, but in very rare cases they will result in a negative effect like the destruction of the Science Vessel. The process takes time, so it may slow your exploration - that's why it's good to have several active Science Vessels. You can assign a Science Vessel, usually the one that found the Anomaly, to analyze it for unknown results. Science Vessels will occasionally find Anomalies. The best way to use a Science Vessel is to right-click on a system or its star and select 'Survey System.' The ship will then explore the entire system without having to manually check each planet. Science Vessels explore the galaxy, revealing what's in each system they visit planet by planet. Constructors also expand your borders by building Starbases in unclaimed systems. WIth a Constructor selected, right-click on the planet or system in which you'd like to build and choose the appropriate construction. Constructors are used to build space stations that can extract resources.

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