Blowing up planets

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How do blow up planets? Do I need to be evil for that tech or is it a function of a fully equipped military starbase?
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You can't. I believe this was planned for terror stars, but that idea was scrapped. So no blowing up planets in the current game.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
In a way you can blow up planets, but you can only "destroy" your own planets I know it because I wanted to try something else but it didn't worked and I noticed that destroyed colony receive a huge drop of planet quality, a Planet of class 14 became a planet of class 4.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Terror stars used to be able to destroy suns, and their planets, back in GC1. They weren't developed for GC2, time/effort constraints mainly. They MIGHT be in a later expansion..
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i think that stardock said they thought the terrorstars just made the game too unbalanced. maybe if they dont add it back in later on, someone will make a mod for the game
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It would definitely be useful if added. I just can't get into my Star Wars mod without a Death Star.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You can blow up planets, kinda. I've attacked a PQ1 planet using planetary bombardment and afterwards it just disapeared, not sure what happens or if it was a bug of sum sort.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You have core detonation, in the invasion options. It just breaks a little bit, but doesn't completely destroy it.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I think the game needs orbital bombardment and specialised bombs etc before it needs things like Death Stars.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks for the replies. Not having destroy planet option limits options in the larger map games. I wll have to alter my strategy, but it is definately more fun watching plaets go BOOM! I can't imagine having to capture every planet in a huge map. The other options (alliance, tech, influence) just do not do it for me; I want to blow things up.