Aeson
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I've yet to try bombarding civilians yet, but is it possible to completely eliminate a colony that way? Yes, as long as they haven't built a Planetary Shield Generator at the colony. quote:
How bad would the rep hit be for exterminating "only" 104 million bugs? My guess would be no more than one or two points, so you'd probably not even see your reputation category (e.g. 'satisfactory') shift unless you were already borderline. quote:
Will the benefits (domestic or diplomatic) stack if I have the fluid in addition to the spice? I think the diplomatic effect is binary; you're either trading restricted resources (in which case you get the bonus) or you aren't (in which case you get the penalty). Pretty sure that the domestic bonuses don't stack either, but having more superluxuries floating around makes it more likely that more planets will have enough of them in stock to get the bonuses in the first place. As far as whether or not control of a low-quality Zentabia is worth a war and a couple of low-quality colonies when you already have Korrabia, I'm somewhat doubtful. However, the Boskarans aren't exactly a group you're likely to be friends with, and taking away their Zentabia Fluid will weaken them. You can also claim one or more of their higher-quality colonies instead of founding your own lower-quality colonies in the region as part of your campaign to take Zentabia. As far as whether it's better to hold a low-quality colony or a mining station at a superluxury planet, my personal preference is to have a colony. Colonies tend to be much easier to hold than mining stations are, due to being able to build as big a station over them as you could desire, and even after they kill the defensive stations they have to defeat the garrison (unless you've neglected to build a planetary shield generator). I will also add that extremely low-quality colonies are not actually as bad for your empire as moderately low-quality colonies; the colony revenue function has a local minimum at a planet quality of about 33% and so the further away from 33% quality the colony is, the less costly it is to have, and while I cannot be certain, if the Boskarans have a maximum population of only ~100 million on a volcanic world, chances are you're at the very low end of colonizable planet qualities.
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