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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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I am a bit surprised it did invade. Was it in an automated fleet? Is war and attacks automated? Automated single troop ships don't randomly invade in my games.
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No it must have been a capital ship that ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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Colonies can defect to another empire if unhappy enough.<br/>
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If you get a message that you invaded, you probably did. Maybe everything is not quite as manual as you believe?
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Ahh man.. after having ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Unreal2004<br/>
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Pirates dont land troops or fight a colony to take it over, all you have to have is a ship in orbit that builds (WITHOUT you telling it, it is automatic) a pirate base there, once it gets a high enough level you automatically take it over ...

<t> I might not have explained my problem properly.<br/>
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For some reason i have invaded another empires colony, despite not having send any ships to take over or landed any troops. I want to get rid of those colonies, but i dont know how. I have tried exterminating the population, but it ...

<t> Hi,<br/>
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Now two times in my game i get a message stating "We have invaded and taken over planet x". When i go to the planet, i see a bunch of pirate ships there. I have not asked the pirates to take over any system, and i have pirate missions on manual.<br/>
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It was the same ...

Thanks, first time it was all a mess, because i had tried to sort it after fleets. Next time i loaded my save, it was already sorted, and the suggestion from the other guys helped. Now i have all i need

Ah thanks guys, that made it easier

<t> Hi guys,<br/>
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So whenever i build a new fleet of ships, i go into the build menu, and queue up the ships i want. After i have ordered 20-30 ships, the only way i know to get them into the same fleet, is to find all my military ships under the ships/bases menu, and ctrl+click every single ...

Thanks a lot guys, that was a lot of helpful information! Looking forward to play some more later today, and take advantage of this. Have a few spaceports i need to cancel before they are build, and some minor bases to replace them

<r> Well I have many questions, because this is a great and fairly advanced game. I will just ask two though <E>:)</E><br/>
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1. I have found 10 abandoned capital ships. Should i just repair and claim them right away? I ask, because my economy cant really support more ships at the moment, but ...