Colonial Administration

Base raw-material cost

Higher levels scale from these seeded base quantities.

• Iron × 700
• Titanium × 300
• Carbon × 300
• Silicon × 500
• Hydrogen × 150

Manufactured component cost

• Structural Frames × 4
• Control Circuits × 4

Settlement specialization

Empire Expansion I unlocks five Administration levels. A settlement can keep its ordinary rules or choose one charter. Both the nominal benefit and trade-off deepen from 4% to 12%; research and shared caps determine the actual result shown in the review.

• Mining Colony More raw production; slower component manufacturing.
• Forge World Faster component manufacturing; less raw production.
• Shipworks Faster shipyard and Defense Works queues; slower building construction.
• Research Station Faster research paid from this settlement; less raw production.
• Trade Hub Lower listing fees for market orders from this settlement; slower shipyard queues.
• Shared caps Combined raw-production bonuses stay within 30%, and duration reduction within 35%. Penalties remain even when a gain has reached its cap.

Changing a charter

Review the actual effects, home-currency fee and cooldown before confirming a change. These specializations are separate from the colony charters that buy additional settlement slots.

• First choice The initial specialization is free. A settlement without a charter keeps its normal progression.
• Later changes Changing specialization or returning to neutral costs 750 home-currency credits, paid to the system reserve.
• Cooldown Each actual choice starts a seven-day cooldown. Selecting the existing charter does not spend credits or restart it.
• Timing Production changes at a captured server time. Existing queued durations and paid costs remain fixed; new work uses the current charter.
• Higher levels Administration levels increase the nominal gain and cost together: 4%, 6%, 8%, 10%, then 12%.

Research requirement

• Empire Expansion I