Perma-riots

[Suicide Junkie]

Ed Kolis said:
But you can't remove the last 1M, and they will remain rioting and override the happiness of any transplanted population, right?

You abandon the planet, say "keep the facilties".

Then one turn later, drop the colonists back down from your transport.

[Ed Kolis]

I thought abandoning the planet abandoned the colony as well...

[Renegade 13]

You have the option whether or not you want to destroy all facilities or not when you abandon.

[Alneyan]

Not scrapping the facilities allow you to retain your colony, but with no population. I don't really see the point of doing that: you cannot use the colony, but it is still a liability (can be captured/glassed for the happiness hit), and it isn't a new colony.

[Suicide Junkie]

Alneyan said:
Not scrapping the facilities allow you to retain your colony, but with no population. I don't really see the point of doing that: you cannot use the colony, but it is still a liability (can be captured/glassed for the happiness hit), and it isn't a new colony.

Because you can "drop cargo" to fill it up with people again on the very next turn.

[Alneyan]

Yup, it can be used to forcefully remove a riot, as no population cancels the rioting (and other states, like plagues). It doesn't make much sense, but it works in game.

[Atrocities]

I would stick with my suggestion, its the best method for dealing with this kind of problem.

[atari_eric]

I agree. Wouldn't building enough space stations to temporarily hold all but one of your colonists suffice? At worst, only 1 colonist would snuff it when you (sell off your buildings and) abandon the planet and recolonize...

The stations then can be scrapped or retrofitted into defense/construction bases.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Why not large transports?

I once evacuated nearly all of three systems with them.

[Renegade 13]

Hey, I've got a great idea! Have you tried being a kind, benevolent leader? Maybe that'll stop the riots!