Once they reach the new colony, their growth is much slower compared to if they remained on the homeworld because population growth uses the base pop as one of its variables. This will probably hurt your economy in the short term in several ways.įirstly, citizens sent off on colony ships may take several turns to reach their destination, they don't contribute to the growth at the time. The colony rush strategy refers to a strategy where your main aim is to occupy as many high quality planets before the AI can do it. 5 Colony-build strategy: the all-X approach.1.3.2 Technological rush for propulsion techs*.1.3 Specific colony rush strategies and approaches.1.2.5 Colonise High PQ planets, ignore low ones.