Only 1 farming industry but theres good mining, and possibly self-sufficient (?), even if its not exactly fantastic. Habitable, Scattered Ruins, Common Organics Has a few goodish planets, 3 arrays and 3 jump points, but nothing amazing. The second is a yellow star, 16LY from center (bottom-middle). Hardly impressive, but a 100%er to keep things cheap, and a couple of industry options too, however i feel like i've probably outgrown this system, or at least can aim a little higher. Habitable, Abundant Rare, Widespread Ruins Theres also 1 jump point, an inactive gate, and a sensor array. The first one i found was a red star 10LY from the center (top-middle), its so close to civilisation.

I've found 3 systems which i think are strong candidates for starting, and im hoping folks here wont mind giving advice as to which they think is best, and equally, reasons why they might not be. Thats the kinda stuff that isnt obvious to a newbie like me. For example, yesterday i saw the thread where it was explained why a planet with great resources kinda sucked (wasnt godlike), because Nanites cant be used if theres rare ores, so farming suffers. So because i feel unable to make sense of it myself, im looking for a little advice on it, and if possible some pitfalls and the thought process. Im getting close to the point where i believe i should be looking to set up a colony and im a little uncertain/apprehensive of what im doing, and I cant find a guide which explains a lot of the process experienced players know leading up to colonising, all the videos seem to skip over the whole process of evaluating why a planet/system is great, okay or bad, and the whole planning aspect of it all, and just gloss over it by saying what mats & money you need, then which order to build things in.

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