World Map

The Starfall Dominion sector map is a circular frontier of radius 50 (101 × 101 coordinate grid from (-50, -50) to (+50, +50) centered on (0, 0)). Every coordinate within hypot(x, y) <= 50 is generated with a deterministic tile archetype, building plot cap, and hidden terrain modifiers.

Tile archetypes and terrain modifiers

Each sector tile belongs to one of seven archetypes. Building plot capacity caps the total number of non-Main-Building structures that can be constructed on that outpost.

Archetype	Building plots	Colonizable	Region weight	Rolled modifier profile
◼️ Barren Waste (`barren_waste`)	0	No	0%	Uninhabitable hazard zone; cannot be colonized or built upon.
▫️ Wildlands (`wildlands`)	25	Yes	58%	Standard balanced terrain; no baseline modifier penalties or extremes.
⛏️ Rich Vein (`rich_vein`)	7	Yes	12%	+120% to +300% output on one primary resource; compact 7-plot footprint.
🏭 Industrial Flats (`industrial_flats`)	25	Yes	10%	+30% to +100% army march speed; -15% to -40% Gas or Carbon troop upkeep.
⛰️ High Ground (`high_ground`)	13	Yes	7%	+20% to +30% garrison defense bonus; elevated chokepoint terrain.
🪨 Bedrock Shelf (`bedrock_shelf`)	31	Yes	7%	+10% to +20% garrison defense bonus; +50% to +500% structural building HP.
🌅 Fertile Basin (`fertile_basin`)	31	Yes	6%	+50% to +90% output on one resource; +50% to +200% Warehouse storage capacity.

Terrain surveying and intelligence

Hidden resource, defense, storage, and march-speed modifiers on a tile must be revealed by dispatching a survey mission before founding a branch outpost:

Base Survey Radius: 0 (reveals 1 target tile).
Terrain Scanning Research: Completing Terrain Scanning at the 🔬 Research Hub expands survey radius to 1 (5 tiles: the target coordinate plus its 4 cardinal neighbors).
Clan Survey Sharing: Surveyed tile intelligence is shared across Clan members connected via the 🕊️ Diplomatic Relay.

Outpost expansion and Exploration Data

Founding a new branch outpost requires three components: an open slot from the 🏗️ Colonization Hub (prerequisite: 🗼 Signal Tower level 5), sufficient account-wide Exploration Data (10 points generated per population per day, plus expedition rewards), and a settler party (Directorate Settler, Brood Seeder, Hegemony Colonist, or Colonizer C-100).

Outpost slot	Colonization Hub required	Standard Exploration Data	Swarm Hive Exploration Data (×0.75)	Standard party	Swarm Hive party
Branch 1	Level 1	0	0	3 settlers	2 Brood Seeders (×1.5 speed)
Branch 2	Level 2	4000	3000	3 settlers	2 Brood Seeders (×1.5 speed)
Branch 3	Level 3	12000	9000	3 settlers	2 Brood Seeders (×1.5 speed)
Branch 4	Level 4	32000	24000	3 settlers	2 Brood Seeders (×1.5 speed)
Branch 5	Level 5	80000	60000	3 settlers	2 Brood Seeders (×1.5 speed)

Travel speed and logistics infrastructure

March duration between two coordinates is calculated from Euclidean tile distance divided by the slowest participating unit's speed in tiles per hour:

🚀 Launch Bay — Increases outbound army travel speed from the launching outpost.
🚆 Regional Rail Terminus — Accelerates army and merchant transit along valid rail links between your own or Clanmates' outposts.
🚩 Forward Operating Base — Boosts offensive strength for armies dispatched from that outpost.
Industrial Flats Terrain: Grants +30% to +100% march speed and -15% to -40% troop upkeep for forces operating from the tile.

Map movement symbols

Every troop march, cargo shipment, survey, and colonization party renders with its vector movement glyph on the sector map and in the Military tab. Full reference: Map Symbols.

Movement	Disc colour	Key
Attack	`#e06c6c`	`attack`
Raid	`#e69a4c`	`raid`
Loot	`#d9b43f`	`loot`
Reinforcement	`#6cc070`	`reinforce`
Scout	`#6aa6e8`	`scout`
Returning	`#8a96a8`	`return`
Wounded returning	`#d46aa0`	`wounded`
Cargo run	`#45bfa5`	`cargo`
Settlers	`#7a8cf0`	`colonize`
Expedition	`#b57bee`	`quest`
Movement	`#94a3b8`	`other`