Simple strategy question, i.e. how do you start

[Jeku]

So many good ideas. I might start a new game later and just research specific things like that. I've found that I've spread myself a bit thin with research as I try to level everything up together.

I finally researched colonizing Ice and Gas planets though, so would hate to have to start that over again hehe.

But building a bunch of colonizers and colonizing the best distant planets in distant galaxies sounds like a good idea. Then at least you can have a presence on a large part of the galaxy early on.