confused about Annexing....

[LuckyStriker]

I cant understand how many sectors can 1 city annex? I ask coz i have population requirement, Im close with my first annex sector, I have my units on it and its still grayed out to annex. I have 3 or 4 annex sectors in total..

[TheDeadlyShoe]

if you click on the city and look below (iirc) the name it tells you have many sectors it has and can annex. It also tells you at which population breakpoints you will gain more sectors you can control.

[Astasia]

Open up a city and somewhere in the top middle info bar under the city name it will have the current number of sectors and the max, displayed like #/#. If you hover over it the tooltip explains when new sectors will unlock.

[Brother PaciFist]

You have to send troops the sector marker (a small pin) to annex a sector AND you have to fulfill the pop requirement. And the sector you want to annex needs a direct border to your colony. The maxium sector number a colony can have is 5.

[Ellye]

If you go to the in-game encyclopedia, in the page about "Colony Expansion" there's a table showing the relationship between number of colonists and maximum number of districts.

Every 4 Colonists give you a new Sector, up to 5.

So:

4+ Colonists = 2 Sectors
8+ Colonists = 3 Sectors
12+ Colonists = 4 Sectors
16+ Colonists = 5 Sectors

[LuckyStriker]

All good I understand now, thank you folks, much appreciated!

[LuckyStriker]

Ok now I dont understand how far can I annex.. So I have all nessesery requirements but the option isnt even there to select (so it goes>1st sector, my colony>2nd sector(next to colony), is my FOB and>3rd sector should be annexable but it isnt + it isnt rocky area.. So why?

[Sinsling]

Because forward bases do no project domain. As best I can tell a single city can spread all 5 sectors in a single direction but the CITY domain has to be next to the sector it is annexing

[LuckyStriker]

Originally posted by Sinsling:

Because forward bases do no project domain. As best I can tell a single city can spread all 5 sectors in a single direction but the CITY domain has to be next to the sector it is annexing

https://imgur.com/a/ZcStIsT

the upper sector is a settlement I tried to annex desired sector before I got the settlement and it still wouldnt let me..

[Sinsling]

Right, and your main city couldn't annex it because it didnt have direct domain. Now it cant annex it because it has 9 pop and you need 12 to have 4 (colony +3) sectors.

[LuckyStriker]

Originally posted by Sinsling:

Right, and your main city couldn't annex it because it didnt have direct domain. Now it cant annex it because it has 9 pop and you need 12 to have 4 (colony +3) sectors.

Look turn before I tried it also I just loaded the wrong turn but I tried to anex it before settlement

https://imgur.com/a/F6C2ywj

[Sinsling]

Originally posted by LuckyStriker:

Originally posted by Sinsling:

Right, and your main city couldn't annex it because it didnt have direct domain. Now it cant annex it because it has 9 pop and you need 12 to have 4 (colony +3) sectors.

Look turn before I tried it also I just loaded the wrong turn but I tried to anex it before settlement

https://imgur.com/a/F6C2ywj

Your mains sector counts against the total. Its 1 + 1 at 4 + 1 at 8 +1 at 12.

Basically start with the "1" on your colony then 2 on your first annex then 3 and so on.

[Outis]

Originally posted by LuckyStriker:

Ok now I dont understand how far can I annex.. So I have all nessesery requirements but the option isnt even there to select (so it goes>1st sector, my colony>2nd sector(next to colony), is my FOB and>3rd sector should be annexable but it isnt + it isnt rocky area.. So why?

You can only annex sectors that are up to 2 sectors away from your colony center.

[Sinsling]

Originally posted by Outis:

Originally posted by LuckyStriker:

Ok now I dont understand how far can I annex.. So I have all nessesery requirements but the option isnt even there to select (so it goes>1st sector, my colony>2nd sector(next to colony), is my FOB and>3rd sector should be annexable but it isnt + it isnt rocky area.. So why?

You can only annex sectors that are up to 2 sectors away from your colony center.

Ah. Well, the sector he wants still falls in the category. He just doesnt have enough population.

[LuckyStriker]

Originally posted by Outis:

Originally posted by LuckyStriker:

Ok now I dont understand how far can I annex.. So I have all nessesery requirements but the option isnt even there to select (so it goes>1st sector, my colony>2nd sector(next to colony), is my FOB and>3rd sector should be annexable but it isnt + it isnt rocky area.. So why?

You can only annex sectors that are up to 2 sectors away from your colony center.

That seems rather small, that means pumping the colony vehicle like there is no tomorrow.. Do I get some penalties for having too much vehicles/colonies?

[LuckyStriker]

this time is the right save with both pics.

Here this is what I am talking about, there isnt even as an option to annex
https://imgur.com/a/1Lf0G2g (not even grayed out)

here is 12 pop with no settlement https://imgur.com/a/nlomu5P so essentially what Outis said is true, u can only go for 2 sectors distance wise and that also means lot of planing ahead and scouting...