Hello!

I just started playing Endless Space 2 after being a long-time fan of the Endless Series, and I have a few question about the Vodyani. I understand most of the mechanics of the game, but there are a lot of things that don't really make too much sense to me as far as what to do in places like the economy screen etc. I recently picked up the Vodyani after getting my first win as the Unfallen. I understand that when you dock an ark, it will project its population onto every planet avaliable to be settled. All of my planets have a 3-pop cap though no matter where I go. I did research on the issue and it says to research Neural Robotics, but when I read through the description and effects of researching Neural Robotics, it says nothing about the Arks. I also don't understand how to upgrade and raise each Ark's population in and of itself. I pretty much need an entire tutorial on how to play as the Vodyani as far as being a noob goes. To those who respond, thank you very much.

ark pop cap is tied to the system level of the ark.

so if you want more pops then you should increase it with luxuries.

this does mean two things, 1 your ship will have a lower average pop number on fertile world, and 2 it will be way higher pop cap on sterile worlds.