Possible bug with attacking/colonizing enemy homeworld

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Ok, here goes:

I´m playing a small, 1 star, 20 planets game against 2 AIs at normal difficulty to try out the new beta2 patch

being attacked by both, the Korsul Armada and the Trade Coalition, I manage to stall the KorSuls at a chockepoint and fortify the planet. Then move my fleet towards the Trade Coalition. After neutralizing their main fleet, I attack their Homeworld and becaus all my sige frigates have bite the dust in the previous battle, it takes a while for my 5 capitals to finish the job. Finally, the last TC colonist dies and the planet is ripe for the taking.

I have with me an Akkan with colonisation ability, so I just wait for it to kick in.

And it does, just not as I expected, for the planet is colonized - for the Trade Coalition. There is NO enemy ship anywhere in the gravwell. I bomb the planet into oblivion again, and again, when my colonisation kicks in the planet is owned by the TC.

Now, perhaps I am missing something here and I need some special ability to colonize a former enemy homeworld, but to colonize it and immediately switch allegience, now this is a bit much to belive.
Those frozen settleres in the Akkan´s hold are in for some pretty touch questioning, I can tell you.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Now, perhaps I am missing something here and I need some special ability to colonize a former enemy homeworld, but to colonize it and immediately switch allegience, now this is a bit much to belive.
Those frozen settleres in the Akkan´s hold are in for some pretty touch questioning, I can tell you.


This happens because this planet is still under enemy cultural influence. It than instantly flips to the other side.

It's a known issue to the devs, and it's being worked on.

Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Its a feature! I recall someone saying once an entire enemy is wiped out their culture disappears, but I haven't played a game in awhile to see if that happens or not.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Confirmed, played the game to the end. Once the last planet of an enemy falls, all the culture is removed.
This is managable on smaller maps (as the one I was playing), but on large ones, with no way to fortify conquered planets/asteroids? No way in hell    
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Confirmed, played the game to the end. Once the last planet of an enemy falls, all the culture is removed.
This is managable on smaller maps (as the one I was playing), but on large ones, with no way to fortify conquered planets/asteroids? No way in hell    


Yeah, agreed. On larger maps the mechanic is TOTALLY borked, especially since there is NO WAY to push culture into a star system where you don't already have at least some.