How many troops?

[NightReaper]

Anyone have the amount of space each kind of trooper takes up when being transported on a ship? The in-game Book of Knowledge doesn't address it. Is there a method of loading less troops than the ship will hold instead of just selecting load troops button? How about determining probable success rates of invasions? Is there a standard number of troops that should be landed, i.e.. two invaders for each defender, 1.5:1; 3:1? You have my gratitude...[&o]

[Deathball]

Infantry/SpecOps take 100 space, armor 200, PDF 400. Number of invaders is irrelevant as strength between races differs. An Atuuk empire invading a Boskar colony would need a much bigger numerical advantage than a Boskar invading an Atuuk colony. You should only look at overall troop strength to assemble an invasion force that can take out the defenders in a quick and decisive manner (as troops on a colony regenerate longer battles favor the defender). Usually I aim for 2:1 on lightly defended planets, 3:1 on larger ones and 4:1 on homeworlds.

[HariSeldon]

To load less troops than the maximum capacity of your ship / fleet, use the "Garrison" button on your colony. Every troop which is garrisonned won't be loaded.

[CyclopsSlayer]

Be sure to enforce the Armor/Infantry ratio on troop loads. Even a single Armor unit will give you the Armored Line bonus.

My typical Transport has 5 Troop Bays, and loads 3 Infantry and 1 Armor in the early game with 500 capacity. The first Techs can quickly bump that to 600 capacity.

[NightReaper]

Thanks for the info, gents. Good hunting and may the Gods of War smile on all your endeavors….

[Timotheus]

Thanks for the size per unit explanation, Mr. Deathball.

The answer to me is to load as much as possible, to win quicker, to take fewer losses and to have a ready made garrison units for the conquest as well as enough for the next invasion.