[Gryphin]

Elowan,
I doubt you could deplete a homeworld with < edit > Colony ships /edit with two Cargo IIIs. You would probably run out of Minerals first if you were producing that many ships.
I'm sure you check the "General" list under colonies each turn to check for these things.
In terms of the trade off of moving population, that is your call. It is a long term "Investment" for your race. Do you forgo the advantage of a highly populated homeworld for faster growth in your colonies? In the long run this will pay off. It would require a constantly updated spread sheet with the production on each of your planets to optimize your pop movement.

As the others mentioned, Loaded cargo ships put on Repeat can deplete a homeworld.

[ September 15, 2002, 16:56: Message edited by: Gryphin ]