Colonies:

When you make Colonies Besure you keep them Balanced in all fields or at least 2 of them. Once you have 2 colonies that are well balanced. Build a Space Station. now Start a Supply line from the planet to the space station. Have the space station specialize in Research Labs. Once
you have done this Start Exploring towards the Sun. You will find many useful things. Keep alot of robots on your Main Ship so you can colonize other planets the same way you colonized your
first. Be ready for any thing! another tip: Once
the attacks on your colonies start and you've built the force field. Start building ships and missles! Prepare to go to cronus! But look for the peaceful way out & don't try to Explore the Beta Asteriods. Until You feel your secure enough!