<t> I build one or two stations per strategic resource only. ie I will only have one or two stations that mine steel. Fuel resources are the only exception to this, I try to have one fuel station close to every colony and at strategic locations throughout the galaxy if I have to move fleets.<br ...

<t> We are talking about version 1.9.5.10 I think.<br/>
I have similar issues.<br/>
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Exterminate does reduce growth rate to zero, but population does not decrease at all.<br/>
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Resettle only resettled the populations on to planets I had marked for extermination; where they were not ...

<t> When playing as a pirate faction, population policies on pirate controlled planets do not have the same effect as when playing an empire faction. For example, Extermination policy makes the population unhappy but doesn't exterminate the population. A population that would be affected by an ...