Starsector Colony Guide

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Quickly learn how to make setup your first #Starsector #Colony
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Star Sector Game Descripton:
Starsector (formerly “Starfarer”) is an in-development open-world single-player space-combat, roleplaying, exploration, and economic game. You take the role of a space captain seeking fortune and glory however you choose.
Though it is in-development, you can purchase Starsector now at a discount to gain access to ongoing builds. Starsector supports custom content & mods and is available now for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
Current Features
Pilot your ship in top-down 2D combat
Command your fleet in tactical battles
Gain experience to level up your skills
Detailed space combat mechanics
Customize your ship’s loadout before battle
Hire officers to give skill bonuses, pilot auxiliary ships, and oversee your operations
Explore war-torn star systems
Exploit events to trade goods for profit
Win the favor or scorn of powerful factions
Discover new worlds and salvage lost derelicts
Mod support for diverse user-made content
Claim new worlds, build outposts and industry
Upcoming Features
Determine the fate of the Sector by your actions
The World of Starsector
The interstellar Gate System which binds the space of the Human Domain in a network of trade, industry, and empire collapses in an instant that shatters known civilization forever. Countless fleets are scattered and lost. The comforts of the high age of civilization are but a memory. Entire worlds cut off from the Gate network starve, burn, and tear themselves apart. Now, humanity is scattered in pockets throughout the galaxy, trying to recover from the great Collapse.
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The story of Starsector concerns a dense region of space in the Perseus Arm left relatively unharmed by the calamity that destroyed the Domain. For over 200 cycles, humanity has been losing its grip on civilization and struggling desperately to hang on to what is left.
What will you discover in the ongoing development of the world of Starsector?
Single player, gritty, dystopian sci-fi setting
Classic top-down gameplay style enhanced by modern technology
A procedurally generated galactic sector seeded with well-known core worlds and factions
Develop your character into a hot-shot pilot, a smuggler, a stern admiral, an industrial magnate - or anything in between
Outfit ships with your weapons of choice and add hull modifications to create devastating tactical combinations
Explore hundreds of locations to find habitable worlds, rich resource deposits, and lost technology
Assemble a large, powerful fleet or a finely-tuned task force with hand-picked officers and crew
Cripple core world supply lines to create easy prey for piracy or bolster the rule of law and try to reverse the Sector’s descent into chaos
Survey forgotten worlds and establish new colonies among the ruins
Use lost and forbidden technologies to advance your cause - can you afford to pay for the consequences of your hubris?
Leave your mark upon the world and determine the fate of the Sector with your decisions
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[@Rannos22]

Its amazing how complicated they make colonizing look in comparison to what it actually is

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

Probably best game i've accidentally discovered in the last 5 years. :D

[@MrGPlays]

It's a amazing, and all made by mostly one guy. I've returned to it once a year for the last five years to see what's new in it.

[@imperialus1]

One thing you left out. I'd recommend avoiding Heavy Industry and Tech Mining until your colony is secure enough to deal with pissing off the Pathers. First time I built a colony I rushed Heavy Industry because I wanted to put those sweet sweet blueprints to use. That was a mistake.

[@coolchrisable]

not really if you can get an agent and send them to the colony where the path is and disrupt them i always look for a metal heavy or decent metal planet to start on and rush the fuck out of heavy industry. the only draw back is money you have to ave the fat stacks of cash saved up for it

[@bryan0x05]

in vanilla I've had them before i got my heavy indust up.

[@bryan0x05]

@@coolchrisable don't think that's in the base game, what mod is that?

[@coolchrisable]

@@bryan0x05 there are no mods for colonies that im aware of most of my mods are faction mods, weapon mods and ship mods. but they will come if you have a tech mine, mining, a foundry or heavy industry any form of industry , a ship yard

[@MrGPlays]

There are a few mods that add thing to colonies. There is even a mod that lets you build orbital station colonies.

[@Peanut_Chaos]

A few pieces of advice from me: -make sure your fleet is strong enough to protect your colony when setting. You don't have to have the ships on hand at all times, you can store them. -level up your character first to have points in colony related perks, they will make an enormous difference. Only use administrators as a last resort, the alpha core will be more profitable as an administrator over time. -pirate stations start very weak but will grow stronger, try to whack the mole as it pops up. -don't bother with patrol stations unless you have at the very least heavy industry, your ships will have so many dmods even pirates will be a problem. -when choosing a sector try to find one with multiple planrts of interest, that way the patrols can help each other. -being an open port is very profitable but some factions will hate you for it. -making too many enemies will cut into your margins.

[@empleyfire]

This game comes up as from 2013. I didn't even know of it until today.

[@MrGPlays]

It’s not on steam

[@terrydactyl2077]

Man. I can't believe I never heard of this game. It looks so sweet!

[@MrGPlays]

It is.

[@Mad_Overseer]

It is

[@sorsorsor11]

This actually answered lots of my questions. Thank you!

[@pop9095]

Respectfully, unless you can suggest a place to get an actual discount on goods like fuel, crew or supplies taking them from your colonies stockpile at 0 tax is about a great idea.

[@MrGPlays]

You’re right. Just should have said you have to pay it back.

[@user-jc1kq1qb5j]

Yeah,you can grab any amount of goods from colony at a base prive no tarrifs. Great way to fill up your fleet with fuel and supplies in late game.

[@nobeldnoble7048]

Sweet review update mrG!...thanks for sharing!

[@christianshoemaker689]

Very helpful! Thanks for the video. Looking forward to watching more guides on colonies hopefully

[@MrGPlays]

Thanks man

[@kovi567]

Look who forgot to turn off the mods!

[@mangaranwow2543]

Nice video, I hope you will make more Starsector vids. Some small tips from my experience: for what kind of Orbital Station you want to go really depends on the weapon blueprints you found, High tech isn't really that great without Plasma or Tachyon weapons, for Midline to shine you want the Mirv launcher, the Battlestation ( upgraded Orbital Station ) will fit 4 of those and you can see the station go ham on the enemy fleet. And if you ever get bored of Pirates, just do missions for them, when your reputation is below hostile -45 or better, the pirates will leave your colony alone. They will however still attack fleets visiting your colony and that can make that certain goods won't arrive and you will experience a temporary drop of income.

[@samuelcrow4701]

Here's a tip to save supplies on surveys, get a bunch of shuttles turn them basically into probes with surveying equipment + militarized subsystems so fleets can't see you a light year away, same with all other civilian ships

[@marcusthewordpolice7396]

I got this game awhile back (at least 5 years ago, before .9 and colonies). Just reinstalled it and enjoyed the new content. Kudos to the developer that keeps updating this game and not charging for DLC.

[@MrGPlays]

It’s actually just one guy developing it.

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

I've been looking for days the best planet I have found is an Arid one on the positive side I do have 2.5M credits to play with tho

[@MrGPlays]

Yeah searching for a good system is key

[@tbennett9092]

I thought my planet was strong enough, I usually had it set on open port, but that led me down a long war ridden path. High command, orbital batteries, and star fortress all set. I ended up losing my own faction core world when The luddic church sent a 3 fleet invasion, the hegemony sent a 2 fleet task force, and the pirates sent a 5 armada fleet raid....... all at the same time.

[@bryan0x05]

lol this sounds true to the lore. there was a nation stopping the hegemony from expanding. It had a perfectly terraformed world with 3 mega space cities around it. Luddic crashes a city into the planet and hegemony moves in and kills their flagship and I guess the pirates cleaned the bones after that.

[@henryplumb7459]

@@bryan0x05 Mayasuran Navy, if memory serves me correctly.

[@fangabxyfangabxy8563]

Pro tip those fleets trying to do your planet harm can also become a source of free large or more advanced ships if you don’t have the blueprints for them yet. If the enemy isn’t already hostile to you under normal circumstances it will only reduce your standing by 5.

[@TheClassicDoomGuy]

Midline is honestly the best if you have it upgraded to a star fortress. It can take out a battleship with one rotation very easily.

[@kovi567]

4:35 Actually, depending on the goods in question, you may touch it. Supplies bought on base price is quite good, and so is antimatter fuel. Drugs for 200 is also nice, if you like to trade, and a steady 500 cred for heavy armaments is downright godsend when the million+ reward trade missions pop in.

[@MrGPlays]

This is true

[@xuannguyenpham1715]

I found a tier V planet in my current run I think nothing of it and start a colony right away. Burn out 500000 just to get started and not even 5 days (in game) later I regret it. It's is not very far from the core world but it have 2 red giant and a blue giant in the same star system make me hard to navigate inside and to reach the Core world I need to pass through a gigantic space storm and burn through metric ton of my suply. Make matters worse I go out for 40 days(in game) the pirates decided to raid my colony. Have any suggestions except making a new world?!!!

[@re1se816]

I have one problem, after I survey colony I havent Establish colony button. (I have Devmode turned on) P.S Sorry for my english

[@undulycriticalobserver2510]

I’m late, sure but I gotta ask. I’ve been trying this strategy, always looking for a Terran world, always getting started in a remote pocket of the galaxy, set up, start growing, pirate raid shows up with a roughly six full fleets and decimates my fledging colony, I sink hundreds of thousands into growth and resources to keep it alive but these supposedly underprivileged and under equipped pirates are able to not only beat me into the ground by also being the whole of the core worlds into a state of total chaos with how they all seem to unify under a single goal of trolling everyone. Correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t the pirates suppose to be a minor nuisance to someone with a fleet bigger than a collection of frigates and freighters? When did they become hyper aggressive war mongers that make the goddamn Panthers seem moderate? My second and original question, how can I make them not turn into the equivalent of the Covenant from Halo and destroy everything I know and love? I’m doing my play through a on easy for god’s sake!

[@MrGPlays]

Welcome to star sector.

[@undulycriticalobserver2510]

@@MrGPlays not an answer.

[@BobfromSydney]

As soon as the pirates start showing up, visit your colony, visit the bar, hopefully you are able to buy the spacer a drink and find out the location of the nearby Pirate base. Then take your best combat fleet and blow up the space station there. If you go in with transponder off, you can even make a quick buck off the black market and then launch a marine raid before you fight the station. If your fleet is not strong enough, then use a fast or stealthy fleet and lure the defenders away and then hit the base while they are off on a wild goose chase. Also if you beat one of the pirate fleets in hyperspace the survivors might run back towards the base as well.

[@user-ug8sf5ok9h]

Can anyone say what mods expands buildings line ? I know planetary shield gathered by remnant\domain era event , but...any other, like solar arrays and stuff?

[@wongjunkit6205]

DIY planets and more, boggled Terraforming and station construction, industrial evolution and better colonies. These mods add more industrial and Terraforming buildings into Starsector

[@YamiKozan]

I love that my colony is only growth 3 and pirates gave me -3 stability and -50% acessability. But i'm not strong enough to destroy the base

[@getrekt4106]

hey does anyone know how to change your colonies music? I kind of want the tri-tachyon music for my colony.

[@titolovely8237]

lol i thought colonies were useless because i kept taking the "free supplies" from them and running massive deficits. thanks for the tip

[@Oscar32151]

What mod is the medical center from?

[@MrGPlays]

Nexcrelin

[@MrGPlays]

Nexcrelin

[@TheTruthowl]

@@MrGPlays I think it's spelled 'Nexerelin'. I'm not trying to be an ass. I searched the forum for the way you spelled it and got nothing.

[@dragongrandmaster]

i am struggleing where are my custom ordered ships on the colony

[@AAhmou]

Go to you fleet tab, there is on to of the big square menu where your fleet is dispayed a storage button (It's the default option if you don't have a market place), on the upper left press "take".

[@AK90xDnr1]

Hey Hey People

[@Hiigaranwarrior159]

What mods were you running?

[@MrGPlays]

Nexcrelin and some smaller mods

[@meh.7640]

first thing you're gonna need is a lot of money ... well, fuck

[@LuisEdGm]

You forgot to mention what happens if you want to remove Alpha AI cores after a while...

[@MrGPlays]

What happens?

[@LuisEdGm]

@@MrGPlays HAL 9000 will tell you

[@MrGPlays]

This sounds ominous, welp we're committed now.

[@octaviocuesta1155]

@@MrGPlays Daisyyyyy, Daisyyyyyy....

[@kosmayugen719]

can this be prevented anyhow? when is soon enough to take them out or something?

[@xxxfaze_cumshotxxx7946]

0:29 *Mutahar?*

[@ryukireii]

Hey hey ｐｐｌ

[@dangaMaus]

Ithink the idea is people want to know how to get to that part of getting past 1 / 1 industries instead of jumping past it thins is just clickbait

[@huskydoglover20]

This is not a guide..... you’re barely explaining anything.... more like a play through

[@MrGPlays]

It’s not that complicated

[@TheTruthowl]

It IS a guide, and a good one. It's NOT a walkthrough. A guide hits bullet points to get you familiar with whats it's target is.