What's the true scoop on rioting planets?

[Yef]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Build some ships with just C&C comps (no weapons, engines, etc.). Gift them to an AI. Declare war. Now you have a bunch of ships orbiting your planet, so it will riot faster.

Now that its an evil plan.

Question: When its rebels, what are the odds of becoming independent or going over to another player?

What I wanted to do was to give independance to a system. Since there isin't any political way to do this, I thought that provoking a rebellion on a planet, then signing a trade treaty, and later gifting them the rest of the planets in the system would be the way to do it.

Another question is, if I put one of those inmobile ships on every planet in the system, will all the planets rebel and become individually independents or will all of them create a new empire?

Also, will the new independent planet be an empire or a minor?