dumb colony question

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I am REALLY new to GC2: dread lords and I love it BUT I have a problem, when I finally figured out how to colonize, I went a little fast and I had like 6-7 planets, I started to go into debt, so I figured I would build trade centers to generate revenue, the queue on the screen though said 'Never' and it wouldn't let me build it, why is it doing that, is there something I have to build first to be able to build factories, farms, etc on a colony, I got out of debt and it was still saying that, I cannot figure it out but it's killing me to buy those places outright, I know this question is crazy basic but I've never played this game HELP!!!!

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If it says "never", either you're greater than 500BC in debt, or you aren't funding (in this instance) social production. (For ships it would be military production.)

The initial colony provides a marginal amount of production as well as research to start you off-I believe it's 16 industry and 10 research in DL. A civ capital provides 24 of each.

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Ohhhhhhhh,thank you, much obliged

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DivineWrath

Join Date 05/2006

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Some tips:

-Higher populations produce more taxes.
-High morale increases population growth, +25% for 75%+ morale, x2 for 100% morale.
-Having 0% taxes early in the game can help you get the much needed tax population.
-Having dept for a long time slowly decreases morale (so its a good idea to get out of dept asap).
-Very low morale causes your population to start decreasing.
-You can try to sell techs and other stuff for a quick buck.
-Galactic resources can really help your economy (green for economy, yellow for morale).

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