genocide vs ground assault

[telekrtal]

Actually I have found that the best staring startegy if you plan to conquer races is to research plague bombs and drop them on the enemy planets. The plague causes riots, so the AI stops producing, then they can't maintain a fleet, do any research, etc. and you can take your time picking them off since they won't be bale to cure their population, plus if the planet goes to 0 population....you drop 1 troop and the planet is yours, then cure and build away. A way to *ahem* bypass the race colony system(used to work but I've been genocidal so long i dont know if it will work anymore) is to drop pop at the same time you drop troops(during tactical combat).

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Telek R'tal