[Suicide Junkie]

Re: Colony techs.

That is correct.
The only way to get colonies on foreign worlds is to capture or trade for them.

That is also why the cost for those traits is so high.

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Re: Colony mount
It also increases the cost by a lot, and the maintenance goes through the roof, so you won't want to use it on common components.

I thought I had it locked down already, but I guess not.
Fix coming up.

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Re: miners.
Thanks, I forgot about those.