Colony projects

Colony projects can be divided into two kinds: Ongoing conversion of a colony's Production output for either pollution, income, or export (industrial), or upgrading the planet's biome (terraforming).

Industrial=

Name	Icon	Cost	Upkeep	Requirement	Effect	Restriction
Export		Exports Production to the planet with the Interplanetary Administration structure in the system.	0		Exports production to planet with interplanetary administration built
Pollution clean-up		Uses Production output to clean up Pollution.	0		Reduces pollution
Trade goods		Converts 50% of the Production output into Credits.	0		50% of production converted to credits

Terraforming

Name	Icon	Cost	Upkeep	Requirement	Effect	Restriction
Artificial planet construction		Transforms Gas Giants into Huge Barren Abundant planets and Asteroid Belts into Large Barren Abundant planets inside the system.	100
Terraforming		Terraforming is the slow process of altering the environmental characteristics of a planet. This changes weather patterns, stabilizes extreme temperature fluctuations, and adjusts the abundance of surface water. Terraforming will only work on planets that have hospitable environments already. You can terraform a planet several times, but each application has an increased production cost.	250	Biome: At least Barren	Upgrades biome
Cavernous transformation		Upgrades Arid planets to Cavernous-class by unleashing a swarm of automated diggers.	250	Biome: Arid	Upgrades biome to Cavernous
Grassland transformation		Upgrades Desert planets to Grassland-class by dramatically altering moisture concentration in different areas of the planet via artificial underground aqueducts.	250	Biome: Desert	Upgrades biome to Grassland
Inferno transformation		Upgrades Volcanic planets to Inferno-class by artificially increasing volcanic activity via well planned controlled detonations.	250	Biome: Volcanic	Upgrades biome to Inferno
Tropical transformation		Upgrades Swamp planets to Tropical-class by changing changes weather patterns on the surface and introducing new live species.	250	Biome: Swamp	Upgrades biome to Tropical
Gaia transformation		The Gaia Transformation introduces genetically engineered microorganisms into a world to create an environment perfectly suited to both plant and animal growth. The transformation can only be applied to Terran environments turning them into Gaia-class worlds.	500	Biome: Terran	Upgrades biome to Gaia