0087 — Colony specialization affects defense & research

Status

Folded into FEATURES/planets/colonization.md (rollup 2026-06-21) — the Military ×1.5 / Research ×1.5 / Balanced +10% identity now lives canonically in colonization.md § Other growth modifiers; this ADR is retained as the decision record. (re-verified 2026-08-06)

Accepted (Max 2026-06-16). Resolves the pending decision colony-specialization-defense-research-unapplied. Built + proven live (dev 6c88aa1): defense ×1.5 scales combat damage-reduction + shield HP; Balanced is +10% all-round; the research-point yield accrues (research spec ~1.87× a non-research colony). The research-point SINK is a new pending decision (colony-research-points-sink) — until it lands, Research produces an unspent resource (honestly advertised as "feeds upcoming tech systems").

Context

Arbitrated how to give Military and Research specializations a real identity — planetary_service._calculate_specialization_bonuses computed defense and research multipliers that were never consumed, leaving those two specializations pure downside (production penalty, no upside).

Folded into FEATURES/planets/colonization.md — the Military ×1.5 planet-defense rule, Research ×1.5 research-output rule, and Balanced +10% all-round rule now live in that doc's § Other growth modifiers. This record is retained for decision history per the append-only ADR policy.