[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by ckotchey:
I'm in my first PBW game and am about to attack an enemy planet that has mines (I'm sending in plenty of sweepers), and no bases or satellites, and only one cruiser over it. Population there is pretty low, but I suspect there will be plenty of WPs on the planet.
My question is - when my ships attack the planet itself, will they target population, or would attacks target the WP's (i.e. cargo?)? And what of facilities? Also, is this something I can control? In this case, I'd rather they hit the population, if given a choice.
Also, if the population is targetted, then wiped out - are all the facilities and/or cargo also wiped out as a side-effect?

If I recall this correctly then your ships will attack the WP's firstly. Then they move on.

But if you take troop transports and drop troops on you can take the population and leave the facilities in tact and be able to use them for yourself.