Invading a planet without the environment tech

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If I successfully invade a planet but I don't have the corresponding environment tech, what happens to the planet?  Do I lose all my troops?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

You can still invade the planet, but you will be unable to have any social or military production on it (until you research the base extreme tech which will then allow you to get 50% social/military, advanced extreme tech enables 100%).  Research still works fine though as does population growth.  Its actually not a bad way to get economic worlds- since the maintenance is relatively low, you just let them build up and pay you in tax money. win-win :-)

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

You can quick-buy economic and research structures (as well as any structures) too.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Not to mention that invading such planets gives a reasonable chance of stealing those techs.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

also if you were to use an all lab strategy , the production malus won't be applied since your production comes from labs

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Beg pardon, but I just gotta say that this one still seems like a bug to me. I never do it because it just *feels* wrong.

If your troops don't have the tech to do even 50% physical work on the world, just how are they supposed to be able to kill all those defenders? Seems like at the minimum, invading a world without the right enviro tech should give you a very large combat penalty.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting GW, reply 5
Beg pardon, but I just gotta say that this one still seems like a bug to me. I never do it because it just *feels* wrong.

If your troops don't have the tech to do even 50% physical work on the world, just how are they supposed to be able to kill all those defenders? Seems like at the minimum, invading a world without the right enviro tech should give you a very large combat penalty.
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it should be outright impossible

if you can't colonize, I don't see why you could invade ...

but in any case it's too late for this kind of considerations for galciv2

Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting GW, reply 5
Beg pardon, but I just gotta say that this one still seems like a bug to me. I never do it because it just *feels* wrong.

If your troops don't have the tech to do even 50% physical work on the world, just how are they supposed to be able to kill all those defenders? Seems like at the minimum, invading a world without the right enviro tech should give you a very large combat penalty.
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There are methods, but these ideas are so innovative :dur: and good :bebi: that the game couldn't be coded to convey their :awesome:ness.

For the first, you need to find some rocks.  There are usually a few asteroids around, or you can grab a few old satillites in a pinch.  Then, you take those rocks, and you- this is the important bit -drop them.  From orbit.  Right on their noggin-equivalents.

If you're really evil, you can use the Spore ship alternate tactic- have all your troop transports stop by the closest starbase to your target that has a Taco Bell, load up, wait about an hour, and Hyperspace towards the target planet.  The tricky part is getting everyone to flush just as the ships pull up.

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

If you're really evil, you can use the Spore ship alternate tactic- have all your troop transports stop by the closest starbase to your target that has a Taco Bell, load up, wait about an hour, and Hyperspace towards the target planet. The tricky part is getting everyone to flush just as the ships pull up.
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Very good :)

 

But yeah it Should be impossible, well GC3 will fix that!