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Credit to blocky dude and jakob for the planets and asteroidsCurrent map

Current supply: 10/13
Current population: 10 Billion
Current Fleet Register: 5x Frigate, 2x Planetary Defense ship, 1x Mining Vessel, 2x Construction ship
What you doYou know San Ramon? Brinston? It's pretty much that except in space. But first, let's address resources. Resources allow you to field more ships and more construction projects. There are four kinds of asteroids. Large brown, regular brown, grey and red.
Red: Hazardous, but are the only that can contain special resources.
Grey: No resources, but can be turned into habitat stations or military stations.
Regular brown: Standard resources, nothing special.
Large brown: Heavy resources. Very valuable.
Actual planets can construct basic ships and do provide resources. If we ever get the choice core driller technology will allow us to actually mine the planets.
If you want to construct something, you need to have a construction ship in the vicinity of whatever you're doing. If you want to check how much population and how much supply you have, see the OP.
I'll cover warfare later, but for now, you can get one new ship for each military base you have every update. Capital ships will come from level 2 shipyards, and take twice as long.
THIS IS YOUR PLANET

After years of intraspecies warfare, you finally unite your race under your banner. Unfortunately, most of the historical records documenting your name for your planet and your race was destroyed.
Your scientific staff have made some major advancements in space exploration technology, including the development of a brand new fusion engine, making quick travel between the stars possible. You currently have three ships.

From left to right: Frigate, Construction ship, planetary defense ship
Current map

Since you only have one planet right now, you can keep your planetary defense ship where it is. However, you need to choose a construction project. Your military advisor recommends you capture and build a defense base on a gray asteroid nearby. Your economic advisor recommends you either colonize the large brown asteroid you are so lucky to have in your system, or colonize the resource-rich planet nearby. There have also been rumors of an abandoned alien ship, but your military has no time for such nonsense.
The choice
Colonize the planet (red), colonize the asteroid (blue), or build a military base (yellow).
Get votin'