Posted by: randal7
« on: January 29, 2011, 07:48:15 AM »You can if you cheat a little. Back up your save first (so you can restore your game to its original condition after you cheat). Put a colony on the planet. Go to SM mode. Give yourself a ground force training center there. Give yourself a ridiculous amount of ground troops. Invade. Collateral damage will occur, but you can get a good idea what the planet is like.
If you have gotten close enough to the planet already for an active sensor scan, and don't see any ships or shipyards, you may have a non-technological race.
If you have gotten close enough to the planet already for an active sensor scan, and don't see any ships or shipyards, you may have a non-technological race.