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Originally posted by pathfinder:
I pulled the plug and junked the entire planet..no facilities or population.
I think this won't be allowed with the upcoming patch. You won't be allowed to abandon a planet until the population is below a certain (low) amount. You could still scrap the facilities, though, which would still be a tough blow.
I don't know if any planets (even homeworlds) should be totally immune, but it should be harder to
get planets to revolt if they are happy, and/or populous, and/or have troops, and/or have warships in orbit, etc. And they should always form their own "empire" first. And if they surrender to anyone, it probably shouldn't be to the empire with whom they were just at war. Realistically, they would look for an ally. The other players should get a chance to ask for surrender, or offer an alliance, before the revolters meekly surrender to the "bad guys."