Hey all, long time lurker here. Played Endless space 1 when it came out and loved it, espescially the soundtrack and setting, decided to preorder Endless Space 2 but after hearing about the release problems decided to let it be 'fixed' from last year and just started playing yesterday.

Just a question, is there a way, like the title, to get rid of unwanted alien pops in your empire? I have done some research on it and so far the only way is to get tier 2 spaceports and send them to orbit a planet thats already full. In some old threads over a year old i did read some responses by the Devs saying they will think of something but i guess nothing happened? Its getting annoying getting all sorts of aliens on your planets, some literally out of the blue through events or by conquest and i just don't want Cravers on my planets.

Is there a mod or something that allows you to punt them out of your empire without going through the whole get tier 2 spaceport and send them to orbit a planet way?

Thanks

No way just yet, but it's such a highly requested feature that I can't imagine that there won't be a mod - or maybe even an official game mechanic - at some point...

I sure hope so, because I echo your concerns!

I see, ah well, guess i'lll keep on waiting.

Chain gang requires some micro and i'm the lazy sort of person. Guess i'm too used to Stellaris in which you can just kick out or exterminate aliens you don't want.

I know populations are valuable but sometimes my planets are full and i'd prefer them to be filled with my populations instead of random alien races.

Thanks anyway.

It's kinda ironic for a 4X game to not having a exterminate feature.

Dragar wrote:

Chain Gang works.

But really - there are very few situations where you'd want to get rid of a population. All pops are extremely valuable. 

The result of Chain Gain is absolutely random. if you have more than 1 minor civ pop on a system, you cannot control which minor civ pop to get rid off, the game will choose for you. 

ruzen wrote:

It's kinda ironic for a 4X game to not having a exterminate feature.

it's fine, if you don't want to deal with minor civ pop at all, play as the Vodyani. they automatically purge all pop on a system immediately upon a successful invasion. but under most circumstances, minor civ pop are valuable, especially for the Cravers, because they need lots of slaves, hehe. 

fdjw88 wrote:

Dragar wrote:

Chain Gang works.

But really - there are very few situations where you'd want to get rid of a population. All pops are extremely valuable. 

The result of Chain Gain is absolutely random. if you have more than 1 minor civ pop on a system, you cannot control which minor civ pop to get rid off, the game will choose for you. 

It's not random. The pop chosen is the one next in the pop growth queue.

I hope the devs implement this as a refugee diplomacy option instead of just outright killing them.  For example, if you can get a pacifist empire to agree with it, it gives you a pressure reward or something.

When unwanted population units crop up, especially in the early game, it really interferes with my minor population growing schemes (e.g., if I'm trying to grow a single minor population to 20 and don't have access to their luxury, having that extra population on a planet cuts into the growth rotation).

-HP

I would like an exterminate option as well. I would love to get rid of Cravers on conquered planets.

Neurolancer wrote:

I would like an exterminate option as well. I would love to get rid of Cravers on conquered planets.

You need a Dalek faction!

It's a time-consuming and laborious process, but when I want to get rid of a population -- looking at you, Cravers -- I vacate the system, sell the colonizer that I get refunded (since I believe that colonizer is somehow tied to the previous population?  might be wrong on this), and re-settle the system with my own people.  It takes a few turns, but it works, and the re-settled system keeps everything it previously had.