Planetary Surrender

[Malevolence]

I suggest that while my fleet controls the skies of an enemy planet, I should be permitted to offer them the chance to unconditionally surrender or suffer the pain of my nuclear bombardment.

I should be considered less evil than if I had just bombarded the planet to dust.

[Erik Rutins]

Good suggestion, please post it in the master wish list.

[Malevolence]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Good suggestion, please post it in the master wish list.

Thanks. and done.

[Fishman]

You can bombard planets to dust? How does one do that? I have firestorm-equipped cruisers, but they do not appear to bombard when ordered to attack.

[Krelos]

Indeed, I have not yet been able to get any ship of mine to bombard any planet, regardless of the bombardment weapons they have.

[Malevolence]

ORIGINAL: Krelos

Indeed, I have not yet been able to get any ship of mine to bombard any planet, regardless of the bombardment weapons they have.

Yes, it is a GREAT PAIN. But when you are an evil despot, you don't let such things stand in your way.

(1) Make a ship strictly for bombardment. Because I bomb early and often, I use Nuclear Devastators most of the time. Don't put lasers and torps, etc. on it. If you do, and you right-click on the planet they will want to blockade instead of bombard.

(this is one of many "issues" with the default order routine the command interface uses. I would prefer to pick the command I want, but that is another thread.)

(2) Put all your bombardment ships in a fleet all their own. No one else.

(3) Use another fleet to clear the aerospace above your target. Everything must be gone in terms of bases.

(4) Select a bunch of ships from your bombardment fleet using the shift-select or drag-box (where it says "(multiple ships)" in the summary window). Don't use the fleet-select to grab your whole fleet. Keep it to around 5 or 6 ships. Why? I don't know. For some reason, my fleet of ten ships refuses to bombard the planet, unless I do it this way.

(5) Right-click on the planet. You will get the option to bombard.

(6) Put on your evil grin and watch their world die in a fury of nuclear fire.

rinse and repeat...

Some notes... any race that makes up the population of that world you killed will immediately hate you. So even if it's a world owned by the Dhayut empire, if there are Securan's on that world, the Securan empire is going to declare war on you. If your own race is there, expect a good portion of your empire to likely revolt (depending on your race/government types). You can't be a good guy and bombard. White hat people need not apply.

However, if you have the stones for it, planned, simultaneous bombardment strikes across an enemy empire will wreck their economy.

[Erik Rutins]

Holding down the Shift key while targeting the planet should also allow you to bombard.

[Malevolence]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Holding down the Shift key while targeting the planet should also allow you to bombard.

Do you sleep? [&o]

So I can override any default command by holding down shift when right-clicking?

[Gertjan]

Lol you didnt know that yet [X(]

[Malevolence]

ORIGINAL: Gertjan

Lol you didnt know that yet [X(]

How would I know? [:@]

Is there a manual fairy out there?!?! My AA guns probably shot her down.

[Fishman]

ORIGINAL: Malevolence

Do you sleep? [&o]

He probably does. I mean, I don't sleep, and if I were running this show, the patch would be out NOW. And then another one in about 5 minutes after someone else reports something. And soforth. That's what happens when you don't sleep.