Lost all troops because planet's pop declined to 0 during invasion

[rustyj]

A couple of days ago in a beta game I lost half a fleet's troops because while they were invading the planet's population had declined to 0. Bombardment had stopped and the planet was left with a very low number of pops. During invasion the pop declined to zero and my troops disappeared. This has happened previously in public game. Obviously it is a rare occurrence, nevertheless it is frustrating when it happens. I guess one solution is to wait till pop builds up a bit before invading.

[Erik Rutins]

Please post a save for us in the Tech Support sub-forum showing this right before it happens if possible. I agree a rare case, but we may be able to handle it better.

[rustyj]

Sorry, no suitable save.

[Buio]

Same happened to me with expansion today. The game disbanded a whole invasion army I had left to control any uprisings, and also disbanded a bunch of surplus units in my homeworld when the economy tanked after the invasion (planet economy cost was -15k). Playing Mortalen and used their ability to boost recruitment rate to build the army. I'll check for autosaves.

[MaximKI]

We'll definitely need saves to investigate this further. Please let us know when you have them.