A couple of questions...

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Cause one you leave a spot for a raiding colony, in case of war for instance.

ok, i get it.. you keep a colony ship that can travel with your fleet and then set up a colony so you can use it as a temporary base for foreward attacks.

No you send colony ship to create new mobile colony and set your fleet sped to arrive after he create planet.

No you send colony ship to create new mobile colony and set your fleet sped to arrive after he create planet.

That's what I meant. :>

So would it be worth it to me to get rid of my planets with 177 and 183 fields in search of bigger ones or should I keep them and just move on?

Thats interesting, hadn't seen that Tip about Colonies before.

I'll remember that one