[Dracus]

I would have to agree with the damage rates on natural planets since the attack beam would have to be more wide spread to kill the pop. since we would like to think they live alover the planet and not just in a single area. Maybe after the pop meter goes to 10k, then this would represent a planet that your colony ship could use, but your pop would have to face random attacks until you send in troops to either wipe them out or to control them, then you would have to take a little time to get them to accept you and be part of your empire.(maybe this would occur after the main force is killed off or peace is declared . Until then they would still random raid. which would slow down your pop growth due to untimely deaths.