Rebelious Planets

[Taqwus]

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Originally posted by Marty Ward:
How about rebelling planets joining another race? Then they would have the resources available to actually do something. Could be a problem if a planet with a shipyard rebelled!

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Sure. Well, at least if

a) the other race is fairly close, and
b) the other race accepts (if they *HATE* the empire that the rebels are leaving, they may not be in a mood to let anybody live...)

They should probably get some of the owning empire's resources, anyway -- say, a percentage if there are storage facilities present, plus maybe a turn of resource production.

As for ships rebelling with the planet, hrm. It's not been unusual here on this planet for land and sea rebellions to go independently; rebels could call a general strike and accept the blockade if they weren't supported by the local navy. OTOH, historically, some revolutionaries have been disgruntled warship crews... SE4 doesn't model crew loyalty, but if it did, that'd lead to very interesting possibilities.

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