pardon if this is a newbie post but i've only been playing for a few days. Last night i was in a battle with an ai opponent (fazrah) who not only massivly outgunned me but also had 3x as many planets. i managed to hold my head above water using missile ships attack and run away tactics but i certainly wasnt making any headway on him. then all the sudden i noticed from the "score" screen that his ship numbers were dropping like a rock and i certainly wasnt to blame. after a few turns he had almost no ships left and his score was next to nothing so i demanded (and got) a surrender. now i've got all his systems and found out where his ships went. his population was so unhappy everywhere that none of his planets were producting anything (-100% to production due to happiness), they are still all POd now that i've taken over and since i don't know what ticked them off in the first place i'm not sure how to make them happy enough to start producing again.
if anyone has any ideas on what i should do would be very helpful.
-Arakiel