• The Starmap just include a complete view of the chapter you are in with location marked and named.
  
• The Layout & Technologies used is just a little help to show how i have managed to finish the chapter and represent the final result just before using the whole engine.
  
• To finish the Tips & Tricks section regroup my own experience but also yours if you will to share it to help other people who struggle at some point. ( Other information can be paste as quoted directly in the POI section ).

• 🗘 Mean you can continue after a choice
  
• 🔒 Mean the area will be locked after the choice
  
• 🏆 Mean theire is a reward / secret / achievement by doing this choice

• Always try first to upgrade the Tech Lab with Assistant Promotion, Intelligent Lab and Computing Optimization ( by default the lab produce 1 science every 15 cycle, reducing that by 3 / 5 then 5 / 5 then 5 / 3 wich help a lot )
  
• Same for the Science Ship with Advanced Analytics, Disruptive Study Protocols and Dedicated Exploration P.A. wich increase the amount of science generated by the ship by 5%, 10% and 15%.
  
• The DLS Center is a must have, nothing more to said ...
  
• Using the Waste Treatment Center is overall nice, but be aware, using it without any knowledge will may provoke some desaster in your sectors / station, because you also need the DLS Center to use the Waste Recylcing policies ( not a problem ) but if you produce more waste than recycling them, your industries will may have no more room to store theire resources and stop producing.

• Starvation, sometime it seem some people continue to starve even if you have the food, so what the heck if it's not a bug ? Just like Injuries & Strike people stop working, to avoid that send more worker to counter the number of starving people, or, if you have the DLS Center built, use the Keep Working policies under Starving Population.
  
• Injuries, just build 2 Infirmary in every sector even if you have a Health Center built and ready ( less needed in that case but why not be sure ? ). People stop working when injured, just send more worker to keep an Optimal condition
  
• Strike, an easy way to manage Strike ( even if it happen in your whole station ) ... is to disable some struture untill its better, if you have enough worker all around, just send more to the sector to keep the Mess Hall and Infirmary up and running ( reducing the strike over time and stabilize the situation ).
  
• Deconstruction is sometimes locked with ~2 alloy left for exemple and nothing seems to happens, try to reload the save, try to cancel the destruction and then desconstruct it again ... Well you just need to be patient untill all your worker have made theire task and finish the deconstruction, they will always transport and build things before deconstructing ( or just add another stockpile ) !
  
• Ship being destroy on storm, some people said the technology from the Cargo Ship ( Improved Repair Protocols ) and the Mining Ship ( Self-Welding ) are useless, and of course theire is none for the science ship ! Ok first off did you read both description ? They are more likely to endure dangerous weather conditions wich doesn't mean they can survive without any issue ! Must be confirmed but i also think the ship level will help a bit, theire is only one exception to that, at chapter 3 the storm is made to be deadly and do not care about upgrade or ship level. Some people also suggest to allow us to place some marker on the map or just tell the ship to turn around, ok without thinking a sec it's a good idea, but after thinking just a bit you understand that will just destroy the base game mechanic itself by avoiding the tiqqun to move and broke the survival effect linked to that, so again no bug here.

Originally posted by Vardis:

Weird. I honored the dead in Chapter 1, and basically nothing happened. Wonder if it's from researching the memorial tech first.

Originally posted by Raven:

Honor the Dead and then Eject murderer on return flight = 30 Science Points, but you lose the ship.

Originally posted by Raszagal:

... Also, with regards to the Venus event in Chapter 1, if you restart then the planet will generate 10 Polymer over 10 cycles 3 times so 30 Polymer total

• You must research ASAP the Assistant Promotion upgrade for the tech lab as it produce 3 science every 5 cycle ! ( A must have )
  
• Open ASAP your second sector, just accept the mission directly when people ask for it, then build a second docking bay and farm all you can.
  
• Take your time in chapter 1, you can harvest a lot of ressources, unlock tech and upgrade, and prepare your station for chapter 2
  
• Try to never stop to awakens humans from cryonic pods, first it will help you to improve your overall production in your station ( just upgrade or add new quarters if required ), second is about trust, keeping too much cryopods will create a lot of trouble, 250 -1,at 500 you have -2 trust, 750 -3 trust ... be carefull !
  
• When you want to move Tiqqun, check first by mouse overing thoose battery bar under the energy one ( the six smaller one for each sector ), it'll show you how far you can keep it powered, you can also temporary disable your industries that's not required to increase the range / time you can travel !

Originally posted by Deathus:

Chapter 2 DO-G-0202, in addition to determining the Sheptel's destruction, I had the option to repair and receive the ship for free. Not sure if this option is locked behind a research option or not. ( Maybe by doing another location first ? need to be confirmed )

Originally posted by Popiyopi:

About the option, i think its because locked behind automatic repatriation on Science Ship.
And you should first determine the cause of destruction, then repair and reclaim the sheptel

Originally posted by ThatGuyFuryan:

Hi there, just to confirm the hidden option to repair the Sheptel is locked behind Science vessel: Automatic Ship Repatriation technology option.

Originally posted by Popiyopi:

Attempting to recover all the cryopods :
If you have researched science ship - emergency criopods, don't lose people, only the ship

Originally posted by Daendrokos:

Not sure if anyone has said this but you get a permanent -1 to stability from completing the valiant 71 objectives for discovering the fate of the protagoras

Originally posted by RobOda:

The game will not let you pick any options with the science ship for Perenti if you do not research deep dive.

It will allow you to leave and come back later without penalty. If you click the magnifying glass it even tells you that you can't do anything until you get deep-dive tech so, no one should have any issues with it. :)

Originally posted by Raszagal:

Thaw the ice by venting the maxwell's fuel cells >> Use Emergency Cryopods
Recover all people, science ship is lost and -5% trust
Emergency Cryopods upgrades must be researched to get this option

Originally posted by GoJuRyuDo:

if you choose NAOMI PROTOCOL you will loose -1 stability permanent (but you find out some story dont know if this is relevant to the over all choices or story relevant things)

Originally posted by ThatGuyFuryan:

a possible note of mention: when you recover the cargo ship and send it back to the Tiqqun, it comes with some cargo: in my run it had 36 alloy and 14 food.

Originally posted by Sleeps~Darkly~:

It seems that to test the events on a planet behind the space thunderstorm you need to fly the station to it or to Rokatansky comet so the cargo ship will avoid the thunderstorm.. Cargo ship always ended being destroyed for me before even carrying the full load, so I've never finished any options outside first one.

Originally posted by Raszagal:

With regards to the Colony test mission in Chapter 2. You generate science there at 1/cycle. Don't know the limit of minimal set-up but the large set-up caps at 30 science. ...
* Basic Infrastructure : The limit of research gen is 15
2nd part is no differenct except you just recover 30 instead of 60 colonists when repatriating them

Originally posted by Tregas:

If you take colonists home in chapter 2 you will get +10% trust.
Dont know, but if you abandoned them there you can get trust penalty

Originally posted by Zaigan:

For Chapter 2 your missing Thoughts of the Protagoras (I've got a save at that point if you want me to message you the results of it along with images for the list)

Originally posted by ylsun:

you CAN do this even if you did not meet the elders.

• Promise not more 5 casualities will allow you to talk to the elder ( insteed of 0 casualities )
  
• To access chevy, just send a scientific ship to rokatansky or plymouth with some upgrade on your cargo you will be able to do it ( just performe an analysis is good enought while taking 0 risk )
  I've updated the map for chapter 2, again just like chapter 1, take your time to harvest as many as you can ( upgrading stockpile and unloking the t2 will help a lot ! )
  
• Do not worry about the penalty in each sector of the -1 by staying too long, you can easily manage with memorials, alternative life, and later the exo-fighting drone and the hull temple ( as long as you also get the train station, that's why you must be prepare to construct everything asap )
  
• As always in tech focus the Tech lab upgrade, it will help you a lot during your run.
  
• You may also need to use the waste to produce a bit more alloy depending on the time you stay here and how you farm.

Originally posted by Piasecznik:

Quick tip: when you investigate Orne-8 in Depresurized R&D District, Tech Lab event will eventually occur asking whether you want to implement Orne-8 P.A. Assistant Protocols to aid you in research. If you answer Yes, you will unlock Tech Lab upgrade Orne-8 which makes upgrades research cheaper.
Dunno what would happen if you refuse UN technology use on board of Tiqqun.

Originally posted by Destroyer733:

With the P-51 event, I had a continuation where the last guy was in a cryopod. When retrieved there's a station event mentioning his body is heavily biologically contaminated and asks to destroy or analyze. I never got any follow-up from that though so not sure where else it leads.

Originally posted by Neunzehn:

if you ignore the first naomi protocol choice, you will get a second naomi protocol choice. I've yet to determine the outcome of that but it's missing in the guide.

Originally posted by 醉仙望月:

If you let zy6073 return to the Tiqqun, when the science ship arrives at the dock:
If you choose to sterilize it, you get 15 science points.
If you choose to try to capture it, you get 30 science points at the cost of 12 workers at the dock being killed.

Originally posted by Miesha:

After use explosives to quickly clear a path, you can choose 2 of the following 3 and leave (the 3rd investigation will kill them all):
Examine the sphere: 50 points, then lose a crew when choosing to leave.
Analyze the crystal formations: 30 points
Study the concentric circles: 40 points

After drill through the crust of P-43:
Continue the expedition into the caves of P-43: 50 points
After that, if you choose to continue, the entire crew will die.
It's time to leave.

• The geomagnetic wave while advance each time you finish a POI
  
• Ever keep a eyes on the edge of the wave to mark "avoid" dangerous location, here the wave is far more powerfull than the one in chapter 2 !
  
• Take the time to harvest all you can and follow your main task ( more importantly, be sure to have the power to travel to the other side ! The task said your 5 cycle of autonomy )

1. Destroyed Command Center
   
2. Cruc-P-38
   
3. Reactor Wreckage
   
4. Collapsed Food District
   
5. Move Tiqqun to Industrial Zone Wreckage ( Start to recall your ship as soon as you are going to start the POI )
   
6. Industrial Zone Wreckage
   
7. Recall your science ship and fly to Depressurized R&D District ( or any other one )

Originally posted by Vinfixer:

On Chapter 4 ({ PSR B1257+12F } 12F - Icy end ), if a crew member got swallowed by the sphere on CRUC-P-43, you can pick up a signal on the planet and look for this person as an extra option.

Originally posted by Gor Mor:

If you retrieve the crew in the orange suit and then send the ship back to the station, a station event will be available with additional story text and 3 more options.

One kills the crew in exchange for some science research points (something around 6-10, don't remember exactly), the other puts the crew to the hospital and nothing yet latter. I haven't tested 3rd option.

Originally posted by ylsun:

like what Gor Mor said, you get 3 options when the science ship returns:
1. send them for intensive munchian psychotherapy --> in my case this option killed those 3 crews without any science point. (this prob is what Gor Mor hadn't tried)
2. they will find their bearings --> like what Gor Mor said, nothing immediate. we'll see.
3. quietly remove them and perform autopsies on the bodies --> said 3 crews killed, and i got 2 (lmao) science points.

Originally posted by AquiloSpiritus:

Investigate the wreck : I received the Nuclear Reactor Improvement Technology (Nuclear Reactor Accident Prevention)
Perhaps a core technology is required?

1. Evade piranesi swarm by jumping to 12F ( the drone swarm do nothing untill you don't stay in )
   
2. Jump to 12J When Piranesi's swarm is coming
   
3. After a bit of time, the Piranesi itself will chase you, wait a bit of time untill he's near then jump to 12G
   
4. He will lunch another sarm targeting 12G wait a bit and then jump to 12D or 12H to avoid the swarm
   
5. Last jump ( if needed depending on how fast you are ) to 12H or 12D

Originally posted by Derpatron:

Clarification on Chapter 5: Romulus: You need to move the TIQQUN to Romulus, not just a science ship.

1. First send a probe to discover romulus ( first screen of the POI )
   
2. The first event will occur soon after in Tiqqun ( second screen )
   
3. The team will ask you to send a scientific ship to the location, do it, it will lead to the second small event ( third screen, you just need to wait a little bit untill the event occure )
   
4. Then they ask you to remove Eden ( fourth screen, then it will active you a new objective : "The Promized Land" )

Originally posted by Zemurin:

To build Aventine's Namschach transmitter you need to get a transmission from the ship you lost back in C2 on Rockatancky, bit regardless if I do Aventine before Vulcan, or do Vulcan (study sphere ->allow them free reign - in order *not* to release that ship, or study sphere->suggested experimentation to release it) I cannot get the transmission and I can't build Namschach nor get the achievement.

Originally posted by Zemurin:

I just got that damned Natschach transmitter. New run, studies circles + sphere in C3, HAD to do Vulcan first and pick Naomi: allos the team free reign option, only then opened Aventine and the option was there. Going beefore Vulcan is a no-go, same as vulcan + getting the ship back. Tad convoluted.

Originally posted by kron155:

If you want to make choices with delivering steel you need to be fast when your science ship arrives on the planet an invisible countdown starts (time is running more quickly on this planet) and you need to deliver steel before the crew dies (I think it is 5-10 cycles). You can test it when the science ship arrives on the planet and leave it there for some time and you get only the options where your crew died.