Colonizing a planet with a pirate base

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WCG
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Colonizing a planet with a pirate base

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OK, I'm a complete newbie with another newbie question. For my first game, I'm playing an empire in the pre-warp era, so the pirates are very strong. But my question is more about the mechanics involved here.

There's a human independent planet, and I'm human, so they'd likely accept a colonization ship (not that I've researched colonization yet, but I'm getting there). However, the pirates are building a hidden base there, and it's almost completed.

Once they have a base on the planet, do I have to invade the planet and destroy the base, or can I still send a colony ship there? Or do I have to do both?

I'm just not sure how this works. The pirates control the planet, apparently (at least 50%, or they couldn't build a base there, right?). And yeah, I'm far too weak to fight pirates right now, anyway. But in general, does their having a hidden base on a planet mean that I have to assault the planet, rather than colonize it?

And if I do that, will I have to fight the pirates, any human troops, and the civilian population, too? How does that work when an independent world has a pirate base?

Thanks,

Bill
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RE: Colonizing a planet with a pirate base

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I am not quite sure, but I think you can colonize it. You may inherit the pirate base, though. If you invade, I think the base disappears.
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RE: Colonizing a planet with a pirate base

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Never colonized an independent with a pirate base but have invaded one and taken control of the planet and there has been a pirate base there that I did not notice on first looking at the planet. Destroyed it with offloading the troops from a transport and attacking it on the facilities tab via F2.

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RE: Colonizing a planet with a pirate base

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ORIGINAL: Darkspire

Never colonized an independent with a pirate base but have invaded one and taken control of the planet and there has been a pirate base there that I did not notice on first looking at the planet. Destroyed it with offloading the troops from a transport and attacking it on the facilities tab via F2.

OK, that seems to imply that I can colonize it as usual, then. I'll try that,... assuming I survive that long in this game. [:)]

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RE: Colonizing a planet with a pirate base

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ORIGINAL: Darkspire

Never colonized an independent with a pirate base but have invaded one and taken control of the planet and there has been a pirate base there that I did not notice on first looking at the planet. Destroyed it with offloading the troops from a transport and attacking it on the facilities tab via F2.

I successfully colonized the planet, then I unloaded troops. But I still couldn't figure out how to get them to attack the pirate base. (But I never use the F-keys, and I didn't remember your suggestion about using F2.)

Luckily, after a short while the AI suggested an attack, so I just approved it.

Thanks for the help!

Bill
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RE: Colonizing a planet with a pirate base

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ORIGINAL: WCG

ORIGINAL: Darkspire

Never colonized an independent with a pirate base but have invaded one and taken control of the planet and there has been a pirate base there that I did not notice on first looking at the planet. Destroyed it with offloading the troops from a transport and attacking it on the facilities tab via F2.

I successfully colonized the planet, then I unloaded troops. But I still couldn't figure out how to get them to attack the pirate base. (But I never use the F-keys, and I didn't remember your suggestion about using F2.)

Luckily, after a short while the AI suggested an attack, so I just approved it.

Thanks for the help!

Bill

If it happens in future, go to the colonies screen (F2) and select the facilities tab, you can attack from there.

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