Does capturing an enemy colony extend range?

[zvo001]

Recently purchased the game and am playing for the first time. I went to war and captured an enemy colony. However, capturing that colony did NOT extend my ship range, so I can not continue into the enemy's empire. I had assumed that taking over an enemy's colony and making it my own would extend your ship range just like founding a colony with an ark ship. Am I missing something here? Do you only get to extend ship range when you found your own colonies?

[Starfry]

After you capture the colony, you have to wait until the next turn for the range marker to expand.

[Ntronium]

If you capture an enemy colony, you have to build the relay station to extend your range.

[zvo001]

Thanks Ntronium!  The relay station is what I didn't know about (don't remember seeing it in the manual).  I thought I was missing something!!  [:)]