Evil empire

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pjdegrieck
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Evil empire

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Why can't I have an evil empire that exterminated all other species?

After enough planetary bombardments, and extermination orders, my own fleets break away, and colonies declare independence. This occurs even under a government type that's a Hivemind.

Will universe change this? I want to be the bad guys or once.
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you can, this is how i prefer to play my self. you need to change the colonization settings to enslave or exterminate. just because you have hive mind does not mean other species will. if the conquered planet has a empire with the same species they will not accept your rule, this is shown by rebellion or becoming independent, station troops at said planet will cause a civil war on said planet instead of instant independent status. yet still if your empire is very unhappy you can have a rebellion at your home world even.
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I do use the extermination orders when colonizing. It's bombardment that seems to give me huge issues.
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ok, bombardment causes unhappiness due to pollution, you are using nukes. that's why they are switching to independent. it requires a bit of micro management to finish them off with nukes. what i do to counter this is invade, invading IMO is generally better especial if i already have an advantage in troop numbers. i generally use the bot troops they suck so bad but they are soooo much cheaper than elite units,that way i can leave 20 units of bots along with 1-2 tanks and special ops units. enslaving other species does make money as well.
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I wonder whether this could be changed in Universe, as you will be able to set a value for "Population's concern over own reputation". If you create a new government type with this value set to zero, perhaps the population wouldn't care about bombardment??
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Only half assed evil's use bombardment, the true evil races invade. Invade then use the captured population in live streamed events of combat/execution/torture until they are all wiped out for the entertainment and glory of the empires own race. Plus none of that nasty fallout ruining a perfectly usable world.
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Radioactive fallout doesn't ruin perfectly good worlds, it turns great prison camp planets into fabulous prison camp planets.
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Radioactive fallout doesn't ruin perfectly good worlds, it turns great prison camp planets into fabulous prison camp planets.

I like your style, sir.
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LOL, sounds like we have a lot of Insectoids in here ;)
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Insectoids? na i play humans it fits perfect we enslave one another because of skin color imagine the atrocities we would commit on another species that was actual different other than skin color.
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Actually I'm terrible at being evil. But when it happens, it really happens.

For the most part, however, I tend to be nearly insect-aggressive with non-insect races in the name of freedom and universal enlightenment. Can't have all those people (sitting on all those resources) trapped in silly stone age societies, can we now? And the more of them I kill, the less tax contributors I end up with. So yeah, for the most part I'm a saintly kind of guy who totally cares about the welfare of my peoples. [:)]
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Insectoids? na i play humans it fits perfect we enslave one another because of skin color imagine the atrocities we would commit on another species that was actual different other than skin color.

In order to reach space, one would think we'd have to move beyond our own petty species' wars :D
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Insectoids? na i play humans it fits perfect we enslave one another because of skin color imagine the atrocities we would commit on another species that was actual different other than skin color.

In order to reach space, one would think we'd have to move beyond our own petty species' wars :D

That or the master race won said wars. ;)
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Insectoids? na i play humans it fits perfect we enslave one another because of skin color imagine the atrocities we would commit on another species that was actual different other than skin color.

In order to reach space, one would think we'd have to move beyond our own petty species' wars :D

That or the master race won said wars. ;)

A good, if unnerving, point! [:D]
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wow master race really? fraking Nazi's the only "master" race is a blend of all ethnic backgrounds.
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