Small Empires worth playing?

[octacel]

I've heared that you now can also play as a small or very small empire and you will still be strong because you can run quicker through the traditions and research.

I've heared one way could be by doing a lot of mining instead of getting new planets.

I have no DLC's! Will it really work (also later on) to play as a small empire with maybe 10 planets only?

[lPaladinl]

I wouldn't call "10 planets only" a small empire unless you're on a gigantic map.

But yes, a smaller empire has better unity and research, at the cost of having less sectors to gather resources from. You can compensate for this later with mega structures or even subjugating neighbors to get tributes.

[Hat8]

You can have a huge navy with a small size thanks to the technologies like increased naval capacity. However, getting resources is a pain without tributaries or megastructures.

I try to go for a midground because size helps. By the mid game you'll want a buffer to fight off large federations and whatnot.

[octacel]

Ok cool. Thanks! I have no DLC's. Just the vanilla version of the game. So, I cannot build megastructures, right?

But I've heared that I can still repair those who I might find. Is that true? And if so, how exactly does that work?

[Half Phased]

Originally posted by octacel:

Ok cool. Thanks! I have no DLC's. Just the vanilla version of the game. So, I cannot build megastructures, right?

But I've heared that I can still repair those who I might find. Is that true? And if so, how exactly does that work?

You find the ruin in space, then as long as you have mega engineering tech and minerals, you can start rebuilding it. It’ll take around about 10 years, and the nexus and sentry array have some pretty hefty energy upkeeps.

Ringworlds can only be rebuilt one section at time.

It’s worth noting that habitats do not spawn as ruins in the galaxy, and these tend to be the way that a territorially small empire keeps growing into the late game, so the only way to get these is to own Utopia.

[octacel]

Ok thank you very much!