User Guide

Modules
Spaceship modules require the technology of
Robotics and cost 320 resources each to build.
They exist in three types: habitation, life support,
and solar panels. When a module is completed,
you choose which type it is and then add it to
your ship.
Habitation Module: Each habitation module
provides living space, community services, and
recreational facilities for 10,000 colonists.
Life Support Module: Each life support
module provides the food and other
requirements for the 10,000 colonists carried in
one habitation module. People carried in a habitation module that doesn’t receive
life support have a very low probability of surviving.
Solar Panel Module: Each solar panel module provides enough energy to
power two of the other types of module. Modules that don’t receive power
cannot function properly.
Structures
Spaceship structures require the technology of Space Flight and cost 80
resources each to build. You must build sufficient structure parts to connect the
components and modules together. Parts that are not connected do not work and
provide no benefit to the ship.
Steel
(Metallurgy &
Industrialization)
Battleship Unit
Steam Engine
(Physics & Invention)
Ironclad Unit
Space Flight
(Computers & Rocketry)
Spaceship
Structural
Apollo Program
Flight Time: A calculation of the number of years required for your spaceship to
reach the nearest star based on the ship’s mass and engine power. Adding more
engines and fuel reduces flight time.
Probability of Success: The approximate percentage of the people that can be
carried that are expected to survive the voyage, based on the amount of food and
energy provided, plus the flight time. The faster the flight, the higher the
expected survival rate.
Space Ship Launch: To send your spaceship on its voyage, press the Launch
button found at the bottom right of the spaceship display.
Construction
Your spaceship is constructed of parts. Each part is built like any other
improvement, except that when a part is completed, it is automatically added to
your ship. The parts of the spaceship come in three types: components, modules,
and structures. Each type is available for construction when you have achieved a
specific technology advance.
All modules and components must be connected to a sufficient structure. If a
module or component is not connected, it is outlined in red to signal that it is
not working. Once sufficient structural parts have been added, the outline
disappears.
Components
To build spaceship components you must have achieved the technology
advance of Plastics. You can then build components at a cost of 160 resources.
There are two kinds of components, propulsion and fuel. When a component has
been completed, you choose which type has been built.
Propulsion Components: These are the engines that provide the power for space
flight. The more engines you add, the faster the ship travels, the sooner it reaches
its destination, and the higher the probability of success.
Fuel Components: These provide fuel for the propulsion units. In order for the
propulsion units to perform to their maximum, one fuel component must be
provided for each propulsion component.
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