Which Spaceborne Aliens do you research and when?

[AegonTheUnready]

I've only played a few games and am nowhere near an expert. I've always researched spaceborne aliens pretty soon after finding them. But now I'm wondering - do I really need to research Space Amoeba right now? Can't it wait for later? Or maybe never?

What are your strategies?

 

[Ophisx]

I barely do it at all tbh. You can do it in late game, if you just feel like needing space in the log but that's it.

 

[Nesjamag]

I wait until it takes fewer than 3 months to research them.

 

[name_here]

I tend to research most of them as I find them unless I'm in a hurry to get something in society research.

 

[MAHak]

Always study the space amoeba, it gives a permanent +5% energy credits modifier, the other options give an utterly useless + 20% damage againsts space amoebas modifier.
Also don't study the crystal entities, it give an option to survey systems for an energy price and forfeits any chance of finding anomalies. Break their asses apart in stead.
If you don't feel it is a spoiler you can read up on the space creatures on the game's wiki.
http://www.stellariswiki.com/Stellaris_Wiki

 

[CocoCincinnati]

Some of them give different bonuses depending on your ethos. For example the amoeba can give bonus to energy production or to ship evasion (or at least it used to, haven't seen that one in a while). The crystalline entities can give you a 10% bonus to physics research for pacifists. Researching the void cloud can give you a bonus to damage against void clouds or a 10% bonus to happiness for like 10 years for spiritualists. The mining drone can give you and edict that gives bonus to mineral production. Check out the wiki to see which ethos can get which results.

I generally research the amoebas as soon as possible. The others I'll wait a little bit, depending on my ethos, but not too long.