Buy vs build

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What are the benefits for paying a huge sum of money when you could just build it yourself? What is the money for in this game?


Sorry for this silly questions but im trying to learn every part of the game
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Time, paying money means you can get your ship next turn regardless of how long it says on the status bar. At the start of every game its a good idea to buy you colony ships instead of waiting for them to be built normally since its a race to claim planets. Note you can also buy planetary improvements to get your planets developed faster.

Even if you don't directly buy ships you still have to pay for them, every shield produced costs you 1bc (as does every social hammer and research point) so its really a question of pay a lot now or pay much less over time.