These are just my suggestions but feel free to choose other abilities or archetypes if you feel you prefer them. Completing the stages the way I recommend gives your species what is considered the best consequence abilities for space in order of stage 1.5x health, 1.5x energy, 20% discount on colonization tools, and increased spice production on colonies. However that doesn't matter, what matters is the space traits you get. By doing this your archetype/philosophy will be Scientist. On my official species save starting from cell stage, I complete the stages going red (carnivore cell), red (predator creature), blue (industrious tribe), blue (economic civilization). Step 3 has mutiple interchangeable parts and it is preferable to do them at the same time. In this post references to links will be used in brackets like so. If there is a guide elsewhere just like mine I am not aware of it's existence. This guide will assume you are starting with a new species from cell stage and it follows the strategy I made up.