ok, this is embarrassing but....

[AntiHaze]

ok awesome...i am def starting to get into this with explanation. one last major question...i started an outpost on another sector...how do i start to build its pop? or can i just have harvesters deliver resources to it?

Outposts don't have populations, only colonies do.

[BooDro82]

alright...so should i have harvesters deliver resources to the outposts?

[ChickenHawk07]

alright...so should i have harvesters deliver resources to the outposts?

Negative. Think of outposts as Planetary Mines. All they do is produce Ore (rare or ordinary). Deliver all your ore to your Homeworld for now, it's where the Factories are located.

[BooDro82]

ooooh...ok so all of these "mines" produce ore and it increases my "total ore"?

[ChickenHawk07]

ooooh...ok so all of these "mines" produce ore and it increases my "total ore"?

Mines produce ore and start stockpiling it on the planet itself. You use harvesters to remove
The stockpiled ore from the outpost to the Colony, where it is utilized to produce more harvesters, probes, ships, ect... Don't forget to set your Technology Specialty and queue up some research, which is in the top icon that looks like a flow chart or "Tree"