Description
Habitation Expansion Technology focuses on developing new habitats and colonies, providing space for an expanding population.
Benefits
Happiness Empire-wide+2%
Population growth Empire-wide+4%
Strategy notes
Habitation Expansion develops the PopulationGrowth discipline within Expansion and Terraforming. Open marginal systems early, then turn fragile settlements into durable and populous worlds. Its immediate value is +10% Population Growth; +5% Happiness. The principal counterpressure is that planetary programs mature slowly and expose expensive frontier infrastructure before it can defend itself.
Player hints
This is an inexpensive path entry. Research it early when you want to test this direction without sacrificing strategic flexibility. Favor this technology when its PopulationGrowth benefits reinforce your current economy, fleets, or frontier. Pause the branch if its expected RP per tick is too diluted or its resource costs would stall higher-priority projects.
Research cost
1.35KRP
810Credits
337Common
168Rare
67Strategic
270Fuel