Sector Space Colonies: Planet Resource Extraction

A colony is the game's confirmed way to connect a planet with resource extraction. The official feature list names “Planet and colony resource extraction,” establishing extraction as the clearest documented colony purpose. No official source currently specifies which resources a particular planet provides, how quickly a colony extracts them, or whether colony output varies by location.

This planetary activity belongs to the broader resource side of the single-player, top-down 2D space sandbox. For the separately confirmed asteroid-resource activity, see mining and refining. The two concepts should not be treated as identical: official wording distinguishes planet and colony extraction from other resource systems without documenting a detailed comparison.

The official descriptions confirm colony-related extraction and identify building and crafting as functional Early Access systems. They do not provide a verified step-by-step process for establishing a colony. Requirements, construction stages, building menus, operating costs, and colony capacity therefore remain undocumented rather than assumed.

Station construction is independently supported by the official feature “Building stations and deploying drones for defense.” Read the space stations guide for that system. This wording does not establish that stations are mandatory colony components or that defensive drones protect colonies, so those relationships should not be inferred.

Sector Space entered Steam Early Access on November 27, 2025. Steam describes the current build as fully functional, with progression, levelling, combat, some bosses, building, and crafting. Planet and colony resource extraction is also listed as an official game feature.

These confirmed systems place colonies within a larger progression and resource framework, but the official pages do not document a complete colony economy. They do not state extraction rates, resource values, colony upgrade paths, population rules, or trade mechanics specific to colonies. See the broader gameplay overview for confirmed systems and the trading guide for documented trade information without assuming a direct colony market connection.

Three colony- and planet-related items are listed as future plans rather than current features:

• Colony disasters are not implemented.
• Planet transforming is not implemented.
• Planet landings are not implemented.

Consequently, a colony should not be described as a surface settlement that can be visited, reshaped through terraforming, or disrupted by a disaster simulation. The confirmed scope is planet and colony resource extraction, while building and crafting exist more broadly in the current Early Access game.

• Sector Space on Steam - official/store - checked 2026-07-29 - confirms Early Access date and status, planet and colony resource extraction, station building, drone deployment, implemented systems, and planned features
• Sector Space on itch.io - official/store - checked 2026-07-29 - confirms the official developer page and game identity

• mining and refining -> /mining-refining - distinguish asteroid-resource activity from planet and colony extraction
• space stations guide -> /space-stations - explain the independently confirmed station-building system
• gameplay overview -> /gameplay - place colonies within the wider set of confirmed systems
• trading guide -> /trading - direct readers to documented trade information without assuming colony-specific markets

• Current official scope includes “Planet and colony resource extraction.”
• The Steam Early Access description says progression, levelling, combat, some bosses, building, and crafting are functional.
• Station building and defensive-drone deployment are confirmed, but no required connection between stations, drones, and colonies is documented.
• Colony disasters are planned and are not implemented.
• Planet transforming is planned and is not implemented.
• Planet landings are planned and are not implemented.
• Colony yields, setup costs, construction steps, populations, upgrades, and colony-specific trade rules are not documented by the cited official sources.