Must be a really nice planet...

[WLFobe]

So I had just got the +1 core planets tech, and I had a nice system picked out - two habitable worlds and an Atomic age race on a third world.

So I send in my colonist and start the Frontier Clinic. About 6 months later I check in to see how every thing is going - and the population is up to six. Apparently, this really nice world has sparked immigration from my sectors and vassals.

This I decide is really good. I get to build the Planetary Administration way ahead of schedule. But some of these newcomers aren't human. And since there are now four species splitting the growth of 1.3/month (no time to build farms yet) its going to be forever to get to 10 population.

Is there anyway to direct growth? I've already decided to not clear any tiles. Would anything else help?

 

[Artaios Greybark]

Are you sure having multiple species on a planet slows growth? Is that what you are saying?

Otherwise, I'd say build farms.

 

[Adamsrealm]

The amount of growth per month is tied to the ratio of species on a planet

E.g

10 pops total in planet

5 humans
3 roachoids
2 avians

The total growth points are split via the percentage each species makes up of the total population, so:

50% goes to humans
30% goes to roachoids
20% goes to avians

You don't lose any growth points from the food you make, but the having multiple species of equal or close to the same ratio of total pops in a planet will in practise considerably slow individual species pop growth, however it will still take the same total time to fully grow all growing pops. So really there is no slow down, it just feels that way.

 

[artemis667]

Yeah in meta terms the difference is marginal. You wait about two years to get two pops at once as opposed to getting one in one year and the second the following year. I think there are some mathematical factors involved based on modifiers, habitability, etc, but the principle is the same. And if you're a xenophile type empire, diversity is always good.

Just build ahead and clear tiles as you normally would, depending on how you like to manage your planets.

 

[Risa]

Don't worry. Your planet will be filled by the second and maybe the third wave of immigrants. Only the last few pops will be grown slowly locally.