1). There is a blue territory surrounding my colonies, but not my outposts. It is different sizes. Is there anything I can do to change the size or the time until an outpost becomes a colony?



2). Underneath the name of most of my systems is a blue progress bar. It doesn't relate to population/max population, and since some of my Colonies have it then it also isn't the time until an outpost becomes a colony. So what is this bar, and what can I do with it?

AngleWyrm wrote:




2). Underneath the name of most of my systems is a blue progress bar. It doesn't relate to population/max population, and since some of my Colonies have it then it also isn't the time until an outpost becomes a colony. So what is this bar, and what can I do with it?

Thats the recovery bar from invasions i think. Another faction or pirates have invaded that system. there should be an indicator in the planets tooltip i.e. "0.5 recovery from invasion/turn"

Also id like to add a question. Is there a way to increase this recovery from invasion?



For the first question i have no clue yet.

Outposts have a 30-turn waiting period before they become colonies. This is to allow the game mechanic of "cold-wars" to happen effectively. Essentially, an outpost can be taken without declaring war in a cold war, but a colony cant. So you would want to colonize a planet, then gaurd it for a while(at least keep an eye on it and kill anyone trying to take it from you) untill it becomes a colony.



The progress bar is pretty much a "system health meter". When you first take over a system, it gets set to 80%. Once it becomes a colony, it goes to 100%. If at any time it gets invaded, that bar will decrease every turn(depending on the planets resistance and the invaders power).



Hope that helps.

SubSeven wrote:
Thats the recovery bar from invasions i think. Another faction or pirates have invaded that system. there should be an indicator in the planets tooltip i.e. "0.5 recovery from invasion/turn"

Also id like to add a question. Is there a way to increase this recovery from invasion?



For the first question i have no clue yet.

That's it. When you struggle with an opponent to get rid of him from a system you'll see your color struggling versus his color.