Why use Colony Ship?

[geoschmo]

BASESHIPS?!?!

The largest I've ever put a colony comp on was a battleship. And I only used a BB because I wanted a colony ship that could colonize any planet type. Obviously this was late in the game when I could afford to throw away some resources to lessen the micromanagment a bit.

I did try role playing a hive race once that put colony modules in every ship. Didn't leave a lot of room for weapons though. My early ships were pretty much all set to ram.

[Parasite]

Although getting wide of the thread, I think you have to have a colony for 5 or ten turns before you get pop production bonuses. That will give you time to build a spaceyard, otherwise you are stuck at 2000 (3000 emer) a turn max.