Editing Colony (section)

=== Planetary Suitability ===
:''See also: [[Colony cost]] and [[Terraforming]]''

Whether or not an actual population can easily survive on your colony is a matter that must be considered. While you can put ground bases, troops, sensors etc on any colonize-able world. You will need actual population to run shipyards, factories, etc, for which worlds has to be habitable or at least have enough infrastructure for the inhabitants.

The suitability of each planet is determined by its gravity, temperature, and atmosphere; and will vary considerably depending on the [[species]] tolerances, so a world that is ideal for humans may be uninhabitable for some other species and vice versa. The amount of infrastructure required to support the population is measured by the [[colony cost]]. A world with too little gravity requires specialized forms of [[Infrastructure]], or alternately the use of [[Orbital Habitats]]. 

Planets suitability and subsequently its colony cost can be improved over time by [[terraforming]], by utilizing [[Terraforming Installation]]s on the planet or [[terraforming module]]s in orbit.