Lacking the resources for any large-scale projects, you send a colony ship to MOSES. It lands, and quickly begins to set up a base camp, collecting resources for further expansion. You connect the only moon orbiting HEPHAESTUS that can hold an atmosphere to the gas giant. Some green-house gases, and it'll become a good spot to live on.
With the connection finished, you send Jethro's Mind Probe to search for the life-forms by JOSHUA. As it slides into the upper layers of JOSHUA's atmosphere, a small, black sphere rises up to meet the ship. The sphere sends pulses of radio waves at Jethro's mind probe. Judging by how regular it is, it's probably some sort of radar.
Now what?
SHIPS:
Name: Jethro's Mind Probe.
Propulsion: Elevator: ACCELERATION: 1-5 light seconds/day
Extras: Cold fusion or fission
Armour
Creature Torpedo Launchers (Staffed with WOLFTOPI)
Solar Collection Array.
Flamberge for ground assaults.
45 Biomass
Name: Jethro's Mind Probe.
Propulsion: Elevator: ACCELERATION: 1-5 light seconds/day
Extras: Cold fusion or fission
Armour
Creature Torpedo Launchers (Staffed with WOLFTOPI)
Solar Collection Array.
Flamberge for ground assaults.
COSTS: 500 Biomass, 150 Heavy Minerals, 800 Energy
Name: Prospector Drone.
Propulsion: Chemical: ACCELERATION: Enough.
Extras: Best sensors we have.
Drill
Solar Collection Array.
Description: Can be sent to airless bodies to search for valuable minerals and establish a forward base. Single use.
COSTS: 50 Biomass, 10 Heavy Minerals, 65 Energy
Colony Vehicle:
Propulsion: Conventional: Elevator: ACCELERATION: 1-5 light seconds/day
Extras: Heavily armoured.
Description: A gigantic, heavily armored schoolbus equiped to survive in both in atmosphere-less environments, as well as more life-friendly ones.
100 Biomass, 20 Heavy Minerals, 150 Energy.
CALEB: 1.4 Light minutes (lm) from the Caanan.
HOT
TIDALLY LAND-LOCKED
ROCKY
SMALL
JETHRO: 8.1 lm
NICE
HABITABLE BY LIFE
ROCKY
MEDIUM
HAS ONE MOON
CONNECTED TO MOSES BY TRACK.
100% COVERAGE BY JETHRO
PRODUCES: 100 biomass
60 heavy minerals
200 energy
STORAGE: 0 biomass
0 heavy minerals
0 energy
Space Station frame: %13 done.
JETHRO'S UNNAMED MOON:
COLD
UNINHABITABLE BY LIFE
ROCKY
SMALL
MOSES: 9.6 lm
COLD
UNINHABITABLE BY LIFE
ROCKY
MEDIUM
HAS FIVE MOONS
CONNECTED TO JETHRO BY TRACK.
CONNECTED TO HEPHAESTUS BY TRACK.
0.005% COVERAGE BY JETHRO
PRODUCES: 5 biomass
2 heavy minerals
10 energy
STORAGE: 0 biomass
0 heavy minerals
0 energy
ASTEROID BELT #1: 38 lm
VERY COLD
UNINHABITABLE BY LIFE
ROCKY
0.001% COVERAGE BY JETHRO
PRODUCES: 1 biomass
1 energy
STORAGE: 1 biomass
1 energy
HEPHAESTUS: 50 lm
VERY COLD
UNINHABITABLE BY LIFE
GASSY
LARGE
HAS EIGHT MOONS
ONE COULD HOLD AN ATMOSPHERE
CONNECTED TO HEPHAESTUS BY TRACK.
CONNECTED TO MOSES BY TRACK.
JOSHUA: 72 lm
VERY COLD
UNINHABITABLE BY LIFE
GASSY
VERY LARGE
HAS SIXTEEN MOONS
CONNECTED TO HEPHAESTUS BY TRACK.