Interstellar network

[CondorDrake]

How does it work? I built it on two planets, but how do I connect them with each other then?

[krajzeg]

Once you have at least two connected planets with IN, they should both be making a new resource (information), which is also accepted by any planet with IN. You can send the resource from planet to planet by dragging the resource icon to its destination.

[ValVolsung]

but does information do anything? I was pretty excited by the whole deal assuming that info interconnected attached planets (what one planet had access to the connected one did too, though i realize that that may be op) and it was so underwhelming. I just want to confirm that I am not missing anything :(
Also, i realize you guys are busy, but please make a civilopedia (sliplexicon? sliprotocol?). It is pretty hairy getting and remembering specific info by experience (for example, tech leading to other tech before initializing the game, or that projects have only one build)

[Droggooo]

It takes a total of 6 imports+exports to get to prosperous. A planet that is already at 4 can get there by importing one information and exporting another.

[CondorDrake]

From how I understand it by now, information is basically the same as energy or culture.

[ktur]

Energy, culture and information are very different resources with different uses
All of them provide usual benefits of extra income and trade routes count, but are different in other ways.

Energy: replaces any needed resource, which allows to satisfy planets you have no direct ways to satisfy

Culture:
1) Blocks happiness debuff from shortages on receiving planet
2) Prosperous planets receiving at least 1 culture provide extra happiness

Information: no special effect, but way easier to create to use for trade routes/income

[Drawar]

Culture is also useful for creating connections between planets. It is also useful for generating imports and exports.
Which can help enormously to evolve planets.
And there are several cultural technologies that synergize well together and also have others.

Even though there have been changes where it takes two cultures now to evolve a planet.