
Solar Panel or Wind Turbine - Solar Panel or Wind Turbine - Power Collector - Water Extractor - Water Tank.Storage - airlock - Landing Pad or Starport.Biodome - lab or Canteen or Processing Plant.Intruders will only come when you have a certain amount of prestige(75), hold off on Guards in the early game.They can only be built after the Control Center is built. Get the Telescope and Anti-Meteor Laser as soon as possible, Sandstorms, Solar Flares, and Meteors can decimate the Colonist population.Furthermore, you do not start out with any Medics on the Class M/S planet.

New Colonists are the only way to increase the size of your colony. Get the Landing Pad as soon as possible.Sandstorm imminent / Solar Flare imminent: NOW.Sandstorm approaching soon / Solar Flare hitting soon: 5 hours out.Sandstorm approaching / Solar Flare detected: 10 hours out.The Telescope Console must be manned by an Engineer in order to work. The Control Center and Telescopes MAY allow for early detection of weather events.The best area to start is N/S 0 - W/E - 175 Each gives you a vast plain to build (While using this area, divide your area as 1/4 Exterior 3/4 Interior or 1/2 Exterior & Interior.(Except if you are playing on the Storm Planet, because there is no natural disaster except lightning in that Planet and lightning is not associated with the Control Center) Without it, you cannot force your colonists indoors during Sandstorms or Solar Flares.

