Occupation Forces and other questions

[TallTroll]

Because they have different environmental tolerances. The pops may have different colony costs, and different responses to the effects of bombardment. It's also not impossible a liberation fleet will turn up one day

[sonofliberty (OP)]

Because they have different environmental tolerances. The pops may have different colony costs, and different responses to the effects of bombardment. It's also not impossible a liberation fleet will turn up one day

There is no chance of a liberation fleet showing up. 

[xeryon]

Aurora just doesn't support it.  Humans and Aliens occupy different spaces regardless of environmental requirements.  If you relocated the aliens to, lets say Earth, then there would be a second minority colony on Earth then - not one colony with a mixed population.  Your best bet would be to transfer mines or factories to the alien world and have them build up their own industry.  Even if you do not use them to colonize with at least you can have them building financial centers or something.

[sonofliberty (OP)]

Yeah, that is what I am doing now. I have given them about 20 industry and a few other sundries. Separate colonies are just too inefficient imo.

[Steve Walmsley]

I probably will add an ability to combine Imperial Populations of the same species at some point. Populations of different species have to remain separate due to the different environmental tolerances, surrender chances, etc. and pops with different political statuses have to remain separate for obvious reasons.

Steve

[Mini]

Because when you go to take colonists from the planet, you need to know what race you are taking, and whether there is enough of that race to take, since the planet you're moving them to might not have the same CC for both races, and the alien colony likely doesn't have full political status. If you really want to merge the colonies, there is a SM button somewhere on the populations screen where you can edit what each colony has, just add the stuff in the alien colony to the human one and delete the alien one.