[Taqwus]

Agreed, that colony ships should probably be more expensive -- it's a MAJOR endeavor to create a viable colony on another world, or should be. Combining that, with, say, Troop Tech level 1/ Troop Weapons 1 by default, and possibly making logistics more important by boosting weapon firing costs, might greatly increase the number of battles to capture rather than merely obliterate colonies.

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