What do I do when I capture a Planet??

[mohawkg2]

So I just started and I captured a planet, now what do I do? How do I get a force field there? How do I build turrets there? Any help would be nice.

[Coppermantis]

You can build things like turrets and FFs from the Command center on the captured planet just like from your home command center.

[Diazo]

To capture a planet requires building a Command Station which requires a Colony Ship to be present.

A Colony ship is built in a system you own under the Econ tab of the build menu. Once built, move the colony ship to the system you want the command station in and select the type of command station from the build menu available when the colony ship is the only unit you have selected.

Once the command station is present, selecting the Command Station will bring up the system build menu with the force field and other structures to build. (Shortcut key B.)

D.

[mohawkg2]

To capture a planet requires building a Command Station which requires a Colony Ship to be present.

A Colony ship is built in a system you own under the Econ tab of the build menu. Once built, move the colony ship to the system you want the command station in and select the type of command station from the build menu available when the colony ship is the only unit you have selected.

Once the command station is present, selecting the Command Station will bring up the system build menu with the force field and other structures to build. (Shortcut key B.)

D.

Thanks

[Wanderer]

Errr, might be a silly question, but did you play the tutorial?

[mohawkg2]

Errr, might be a silly question, but did you play the tutorial?

Yes.

[Wanderer]

Errr, might be a silly question, but did you play the tutorial?

Yes.

Narf.  I'm going to have to go through the tutorials again.  If you completed it and it didn't answer these questions something seems... odd.

[Hearteater]

I'm pretty sure it has you make a colony ship and claim a planet, but I honestly can't be certain.  Maybe it's really early in the tutorial and not required again to complete it.  There is a lot of information to take in, and Command Station construction is unique.

[keith.lamothe]

You can't complete the intermediate tutorial without colonizing multiple worlds, iirc

[Coppermantis]

First time I did the attacking tutorial I accidentally nuked the planet you have to capture. While building a cap of ships I decided to try and figure out what else I could build and missiles were included. I didn't realize that nukes destroyed everything though. 

[keith.lamothe]

First time I did the attacking tutorial I accidentally nuked the planet you have to capture.

From that moment, the game knew your career would be an interesting one.

"accidentally nuked"

[PokerChen]

First time I did the attacking tutorial I accidentally nuked the planet you have to capture.

From that moment, the game knew your career would be an interesting one.

"accidentally nuked"

New achievement time!

[Winge]

In addition to the Command Center, there is also a mobile buillder unit that can construct everything as long as you are in supply (in or adjacent to your territory, with a few nuance situations).  They can be very helpful for getting defenses up quicker on the planet or setting up offensive beachheads.  As long as you have a builder in the system, pressing the 'B' key brings up the build menu.