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Old December 3rd, 2001, 04:18 PM
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Regarding Police: There is already one. Just use your troops, they will make them happy. I usually build a small troop with only a cockpit: Cheap and effectiv.
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Old December 4th, 2001, 02:22 AM
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It seems to me that armies aren't very good at keeping things peaceful. I personally think a police force is better able to keep things under civil control. So how about special police force "training" (read component) to differentiate the police from just any bunch of goons with guns? Armies that can control populations would need this special "training" as well (see the UN peace keeping armies).

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So how about special police force "training" (read component) to differentiate the police from just any bunch of goons with guns?
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri used something like that; units with the ability "Non-Lethal Methods" counted double for police duties.
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The police unit sounds interesting, how about, if you make this a "facility" that can only be built on either the empire capitol and/or regional captiols? This way you would have to build and transport them to which ever world is in possible rebellion mode. This would make it possible for some planets to rebel, otherwise all you have to do is build police on every planet. Also they could act like troops except that they would only have the physical strength or combat strength of say 60-70% of combat units. They would be para-military police, but not as strong as regular military type units. So they could restore civil order and still give somewhat combat to invasions.

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I like that idea mac. building only on caps will give more imporatnce to the caps, and not make obtaining these "police" units as easy. Also they can take the place of militia during an invasion. If there is no military presence at all including the police then the planet wouldn't put up a fight. I hate having to bLast away millions of people before i invade.
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