Killing them slowly
 

In my uphill battle with a psychic AI left alone too long, I have been re-introduced to the effects of inciting empire-wide riots. This brings up a Q.

If one kills a colony, then it inflicts negative happiness. If one kills only SOME of the colony, does it also not inflict negative happiness? Is the TOTAL amount of negative happiness of a killed colony related to its population? From what I've seen, I'm not sure that is the case.

Thus, is it more damaging to an empire to kill it verrrrry slowly?

Taken to an extreme, one could seal off a system w/stellar manipulation, trapping the rioting colonies inside the isolated system with one's ravaging fleet. Then, with only one small ship with a couple guns on each colony, one could sloooowly kill them all off, inflicting lots of badiness for a while.

Would this work?

Of course, if it were done to me, I would quickly trade the colonies to an AI, with 2,000 organics, in exchange for 1,000 minerals.

Re: Killing them slowly
 

The 'Happiness' settings control how various events affect your population morale.

Name := Peaceful
Description := Populations respond well to good events such as ships being constructed, colonies being created, Partnership treaties, etc. They respond poorly to enemy ships, wars, and plagues.
Max Positive Anger Change := 200
Max Negative Anger Change := -200
Homeworld Lost := 100
Any Planet Lost := 50
Any Planet Colonized := -10
Any Our Planet Captured := 50
Any Enemy Planet Captured := -30
Any Ship Lost := 1
Any Ship Constructed := 0
New Treaty War := 100
New Treaty Non Intercourse := 50
New Treaty None := 0
New Treaty Non Aggression := 0
New Treaty Subjugated (Sub) := 200
New Treaty Protectorate (Sub) := 150
New Treaty Subjugated (Dom) := 0
New Treaty Protectorate (Dom) := 0
New Treaty Trade := -20
New Treaty Trade and Research := -30
New Treaty Military Alliance := -50
New Treaty Partnership := -100
Battle in System - Win := -20
Battle in System - Loss := 20
Battle in System - Stalemate := 0
Battle in Sector - Win := -50
Battle in Sector - Loss := 50
Battle in Sector - Stalemate := 10
Enemy Ship in System := 5
Enemy Ship in Sector := 8
Our Ship in Sector := -8
Our Ship in System := -5
Enemy Troops on Planet := 200
Our Troops on Planet := -2
1M Population Killed := 1
Ship Lost in System := 2
Ship Constructed := -5
Facility Constructed := -5
Planet Plagued := 200
Natural Decrease := -20
Natural Decrease for Other Races := 20