How to prevent other civs from taking planets in yours solars systems ?

I am fed up with other races colonies

So i colonize 9 and above worlds leaving rest uncolonized.

I have this one civilisation that colonize worlds from lvl 4 planet class.

Is there a way to stop it or do i have to start a full scale war with them ?

Thanks for the info,

Cheers,

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Let them colonize it.

Build a Culture Starbase nearby.

Wait for the planet to flip.

Profit.

Generally speaking if the planet is in your zone of influence (colored in area) the planet is eventually going to flip your way. Some times it can take a while or you need to make more of an effort to exert influence (starbase, culture buildings etc). If their are asteroids then build mines anything to get more influence than they do.

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DivineWrath

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No. Its first come, first serve. If they're there with a colony ship, they can take whatever unclaimed world they want.

It takes 4x the influence to flip a planet. Having dominant influence in an area isn't enough, though its a good start.

You could colonize the worlds and then destroy them. I think you completely destroy a world when you do that. You need to click the details button to get to the screen that has the destroy colony button.

While nabbing high quality worlds is a good strategy, I generally find that even class 4s are useful. Plus they can be upgraded to class 7s or better with terraforming techs.

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Let them colonize it.

Build a Culture Starbase nearby.

Wait for the planet to flip.

Profit.

Generally speaking if the planet is in your zone of influence (colored in area) the planet is eventually going to flip your way. Some times it can take a while or you need to make more of an effort to exert influence (starbase, culture buildings etc). If their are asteroids then build mines anything to get more influence than they do.

I will try to create culture starbase.

I will also try asteroids.

Maybe this will help.

Thanks.

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Remember to research Culture Techs in the tree as well as this speed things up. And it can take a while but most of the time you end up with a colonized and developed world for not much effort and none of the rep a war will give you.

I have had colonies flip over in as little as 2-3 turns if the AI has started a colony in an already established area.

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