personally, Id like to try and drum up some colonists from another world. (maybe send out a sector wide enlistment drive)<br/>We could use the money from attica to attract 'specialists' like doctors, engineers, farmers that now how to turn a huge harvest.<br/>For the bulk masses, we can say its an 'opportunity' to reach a higher standing in the imperium, or adventure, or whatever we gotta say to get the monkies on ares. later if recruitment is slow, we can pressgang some if we need to.<br/><br/>For the colonists in our ship, I'd like to see what is ''south'' in the mextil system. If we drop them on ares, we are consigning them to fortress duty, and wont be able to recruit star-crews without hurting ares' defenses, in the early game.