Finally, prime colony locations are Mir (Moon of Amnesty 2) and Penelope (Moon of Zeus) both in the Amnesty system.
Mir is very rich in Energon, and you will have shortages of that. Penelope is rich in Raenium and Texon, which you do not have on your homeworld. Mir is also a desert planet, and allows you to build the cheap sandtrap powerplants, making it the most affordable of the two colonies, and thus the one you should snag earliest. It has Raenium as well, and you won't need to much Texon, so a mining station on Penelope will suffice for a while first. (But DO build and develop a colony there later on as well when you can afford it!)
Other colonies are not really that neccesary actually.
Also your homeworld is rich in Detoxin (which you may also have a shortage off!) so put lots and lots of derricks there. (other colonies generally produce Detoxin only half as fast so aren't really worth the bother I'd personally say.)
Alien Homeworld Locations are;
Amnesty - Jade (Jaanosians)
Phoenix - Phoenix 3 and 5 (Kalls and Phelonians)
Mirach - Mirach 3 (Morgruls, Kill 'em!)
Antares - Antares 3 (Erans, DON'T Kill 'em!)
Orionis - Orionis 3 (Druedians, Kill them too!)
Lyrae - Lyrae 3, 5 and 7 (Undorlings (get them on your side!), Hirachi (Kill 'em!) and Lisonians (Don't get these on your side, just kill 'em.)
Rigel - Rigel 2 (Syonians, hidden, explore Rigel 1 first.)
Sun - Earth (Hunams, I guess you should kill 'em but I still wonder what that bountyhunter's for.)
Never bother attacking an alien colony. It does you no good and just costs you valuable ships and troops. Always attack only the homeworld. That takes them out!
For your starfleet make a mix of ships, lots of hunters and fighters. And a few of the big ships for good measure. For your ground forces, only bother with the most powerful troops you can get. (Never buy troopers, replace tanks with aircrafts when you have them, and aircrafts with missile launchers when you get those. Tanks don't do you any good once aircrafts come into play, and the same goes for aircraft when there's missile launchers available.)
However, should you fail to get the Undorlings on your side. (Don't forget to talk to the bartender about the league after you first encounter them! If you don't do that, I've noticed you can't get them on your side!) you CAN destroy aircraft with tanks by positioning them so that the aircraft end up being fired on by two or three tanks. (Which destroys a few of them, even though the tanks take heavy losses.)
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