Anyone successfully removed a Hidden Pirate Base from a rival pirate faction?

[maggiecow]

Permanently? I've tried a fairly laborious and tedious combination of increasing my influence to 100%, reducing their influence and trying to time spy missions to destroy the rival base but even if I destroy it the process to rebuild it starts immediately and influence jumps back up to 50%.

Surely squatting a planet that your rivals are no longer, or indeed no longer able, to influence should be enough to remove the hidden base and let you build your own.

[MaximKI]

We recently released a public beta that updates pirate faction defeat status. Please take a look and let us know if it improves your game

[maggiecow]

We recently released a public beta that updates pirate faction defeat status. Please take a look and let us know if it improves your game

So it was related to the faction losing their Starport? That would track.

Edit: Tried before the update actually downloaded. Now the factions whose Starports I took have vanished along with their hidden bases. No idea how hard it'll be to take an active hidden base though.