What are strategic resources and what are they good for?
Strategic resouces are required for constructing particular structures and ships. When you start a new game, your first planet has a Nuclear Power plant. If you want to build more of these, you have to obtain more uranium. You can find this and other strategic resources on other planets throughout the galaxy. Most will likely be guarded by renegade, pirate, or E.D.E.N factions. In order to obtain a particular strategic resource, you must control the planet that it is on. Each system with a strategic resouce has a symbol for that resouce next to the star. On the sector map, hover the mouse over the square of each planet to see which planet the resource is on. You can also see which planet it is on by viewing the planet/system screen and clicking on each planet. Strategic resources are listed in the planet information area. So, uranium is required to *research* AND construct nuclear power plants, A-bombs, and to produce uranium by nuclear fusion. Titanium is required to *research AND con
