Ground Combat

More about Combat

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To invade another player's planet and initiate ground combat:

1.        Build a fleet with one or more freighters.

2.        In the Waypoint Task tile, use the Transport task to load colonists onto the fleet. Try to load what you think will be an overwhelming number.

3.        Set a waypoint to your opponent's planet.

4.        Use the Transport task to drop all colonists at the new waypoint.

If the planet has a starbase, you'll have to destroy it before you can transfer your troops to the surface.

You'll lose some of your colonist troops when you transport them through the planetary defenses. Planetary defenses are 75% effective against enemy colonist drops. Your troops that make it to the surface and your opponent's colonists fight until only one side remains. If everyone is killed, the planet is up for grabs to the first player who colonizes it. Such planets must be recolonized using a colonization fleet.

Capturing a planet in this way allows you to keep any surviving mines and factories.

If the planet is not habitable by your colonists, have the fleet load all of them up the next year. This prevents you from losing colonists to the elements.

If you plan to use ground combat extensively, consider creating a race that has the primary trait of War Monger before you start the game.

You cannot invade any planet that has a starbase in orbit. This means you'll need to destroy any starbase with your battle ships before you can beam down.

Alternate Reality Races and Invasion
Since Alternate Reality races inhabit starbases and not planets, destroying their starbase makes the planet open for colonization. Alternate Reality races also cannot invade other player's worlds.