Buildings determine a colony’s production, capacity, logistics, military output, and defensive role. Evidence
Current building names are culture-specific. A role should therefore be identified by its displayed effect, not by carrying terminology from another culture into the article.
Additional copies and maximum levels are not uniform. Standard structures cap at level 20; central infrastructure caps at 25, flagship research at 5, hangars at 10, origin-wormhole and Keystone-vision objectives at 100, and Dyson Sphere at 200. Evidence
Verified culture equivalents
| Functional role | Astraean | Varkon | Veil | Verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vulkron, Aurelite, and Deuterium capacity | Solvault | Skarncache | Nyxvault | Current-client mapping |
| Astra capacity | Heliovex | Voltforge | Gloamwell | Current-client mapping |
| Astraean static attack | Solis Battery | Not applicable | Not applicable | Current-client effect |
These names and roles come from the current client rather than an older generic building vocabulary. Evidence
Finding a prerequisite or copy unlock
Infrastructure screen
|- select the building row
|- read the detail panel
| |- current level and copy count
| |- next cost and queue state
| `- prerequisite or next-copy unlock
`- confirm the selected colony before queuingWhen a building is unavailable, check the selected colony, current copies, level of every existing copy, central infrastructure, local slot capacity, queue state, and the exact detail-panel message. A prerequisite observed for one culture should not be renamed and applied to another without verifying its current equivalent.
Each structure has its own generated resource-cost and build-time curve. Copy unlocks are separate from level caps and should be read from the selected colony’s detail panel; the current audit has not yet established a safe universal copy-threshold table.
Specialization remains a strategic choice: production colonies protect continuous output, shipbuilding colonies protect queues and Astra, logistics colonies shorten supply paths, and fortified colonies combine stationed ships with current defensive infrastructure.
Read effects, not inherited labels
The same functional role has different culture-specific names. Identify production, capacity, logistics, defense, static attack, shipbuilding, siege, or special effects before comparing cultures.
Design around the job
An economy base protects output and capacity horizon. A launch base protects queues, Astra runway, and route coverage. A fortress protects stationed defense and response access. An objective base protects the exact prerequisites shown by its current site.
Revisit specialization
As the front moves, review obsolete structures, vulnerable stockpiles, queue use, and whether the base still shortens a route that matters.