Good coverage of colonization options. One variation on the Polynesian method is the "bring your biome with you" theme. Terraform your target world while your portable-warehouse circles the planet for a thousand years. When the environment is ready, thaw your flora/fauna and send them down.

Simon Stalenhag would be proud.

One can hit 'em with a rock, if you're quick on the draw... pheasants that is.

I had not.
20 years ago I had a similar idea. I wanted to write fanfic for popular best sellers were hot at the time. Harry Potter was the topic then.
I bought (& still own) wizardearth.com and built an entire website that allowed collaborative writing. Was all classic ASP, SQL. Died on the vine.

For instance: github.com/Anonymole/Ru... could be a means to collect all types of media (text, images, video) from contributors.