Yes the 1st 20mil is my capitol. Ahhh, I think it just clicked. I didn't realize pop only affected income. I assumed more people meant more bodies to build and research stuff.
Is there a standard percent that the 'capitol' world operates above others?
Will capturing another races 'capitol' world give the same vamped up percentages as your own 'capitol' world?
Thanx

You can click on the Civilization Capital tile and it'll list the bonuses.

Originally, it was Food +10, Industry +24, Research +24 and Influence +25%, but that might have changed in TA.



Yes and no. If you capture the enemy's capital, it'll just switch it to another planet. When it does that, you lose the capital bonuses. The initial planet view might show all of the bonuses and pop of a capital, but that'll change on the next turn. Any excess population that the Civilization Capital was feeding will also die off during that turn.

To keep the capital planet as such, you need to completely eliminate the enemy during the turn when you capture the capital. You can also manipulate this by taking enemy capitals until it chooses one that you like. (Capital planets appear bigger in the icon view to help you keep track.) Once done, destroy the enemy, taking the capital planet last and it'll be yours with all bonuses intact.

Minor race capitals also give the bonuses and are easy pickin's.

Yes and no, at least in TA, or maybe not ever if you took the world via culture flip. In my current game, Drengi flipped to me a few turns ago. The capital tile is intact and the Drengin moved their flag to a new world.

In TA, the capitol produces:
24 MP
24 TP
16 mt/week food
25% morale bonus
10% economic bonus
50% influence bonus

(update) Kona just flipped to me and the capitol tile there is normal, as I expected. I'd be interested in reports from more conquest-oriented players to confirm or correct Mottikhan's description. I've never paid attention to the capitol tile when I've conquered a homeworld, other than a minor.