Power

Solar power

The nearest star is already burning. Bill it.

Solar collection is the first grown-up power decision a colony makes. Wind is free and unreliable; a star is reliable and merely far away.

Crystal-heavy worlds make it trivial, which is why the research and the crystal field grew up together.

What it does

A single-level gate that unlocks the Solar power plant and starts the power ladder. It gates Geothermal power.

Costs shown for the first level. Later levels scale up and can demand higher-tier materials.

Everything below becomes reachable once this entry is in place.