BrotherBulger

What about who are in the colony pods that are launched by colony ships?

InfiniteVoid, the manuel says "...the Jarun safely ferries civilians critical to the survival of the Vasari species and experienced xeno administrators between the stars."

Why would they only appear after you upgrade the Civilian Infrastructure, though?

I would like to know your interpretation on several things for which we have no canonical explanation such as what the population represents,the planet health,the threat chasing the Vasari,the underdevelopment tax and the rest.

So Darvin, according to your interpretation, population represents surface settlements that are under your control and the colony ships are actually military transports?

What do space elevators appear on you're developed planets?

On the threat chasing the Vasari?

What do you mean by an industrial complex?

What's the population measured in?

To play as?

Is it useful?

What does it rebuild exactly?

But what if you realized the fight was lost, what would you do? I'd retreat to fight another day.

The Entertainment Hub,High Security Protocol, and Thaw Cells?

What about the Planetary Organic AI?

How about some escape pod eye-candy?

What would realistically happen to the native population of a planet that has lost it's administrators and infrastructure?

@ Rowanlad, how so?

Answer: you need a colonization ship with the colonize ability to colonize a planet (and I would recommend taking out the planetary milita while your at it.) The colony vessals are: TEC Protev Colony Frigate and Akkan Battlecruiser, Advent Missionary Vessal and the Progenitor Mothership, and Vasari Jarun Migrator and the Jarrasul Evacuator.Each colony frigate has the ability to take over neutral extracter

How would the Novalith Cannon work in reality, and what would the effects of impact be?

Why would you want to destroy all of the planets infrastructure though, knowing full well that it would create chaos and rioting among the populaceand plus, if you want to take over the planet, it would take alot of resources to restore order and acquire taxes from the population if their all in refugee camps.

Ryat, I'm sorry, but I can't see a Volcanic planet or an Asteroid holding one billion people on it.

But most colonies start out wth some population, without you building cities.

You know how in the Population Infrastructure blurb it says "Through advanced terraforming and city planning...", I was just wondering, who are they planning cities for exactly?

It would be, that's why the main goal of planetary bombardment is to wipe out the infrastructure and administrative personel, and before the rest of the civilian population goes into "survival of the strongest" mode you send down your administrators,colonists,and a few marines to instill order and then you have to rebuild the infrastructure and cities of the planet.