Is Ground Combat Rare?

[wr8th]

I used some troops (along with a halfdozen LCs) to capture the homeworlds of 2 neighboring neutral systems (who declared war on me first, honest). Rather than continue capturing planet after planet, I demanded their surrender, to which they readily complied and voilà, an immediate boost to my population, facilities, ships, etc. An added benefit was that one species is methane breather which will do nicely since I have a couple huge methane worlds in previously controlled systems.