I took the first 3 tutorials and played a game. It went fine until I tried to colonize a planet. A neutral and perfect planet. But I couldn't colonize it there was no button for that. It was possible in the tutorial. But I can't do it in this game. Do I have to research the ability?
The wikia wiki it just said some of the capital ships could colonize. I have a capital ship but the button isn't there.
Colonize button, and the ship will automatically move into position and colonize the planet. During the process you'll see shuttles launching from the ship to send colonists down onto the planet. 
