I am playing the new beta patch and just conquered some 110 bio pops as a normal Machine Empire. As you can imagine, it drastically increased my Empire Sprawl and is messing up my research and Unity costs. The miniscule Energy they produce via Grid Amalgamation is def not worth the Sprawl penalty.
What do I do with them? I dont want the genocidal diplo penalty so I cant purge them. Which leaves me with displacement or selling them on the market. Either are not ideal as it may just strengthen one of the other factions but at least I will get some energy out of the latter option. Might even weaken the AI that buys them because of the Sprawl penalty?
Edit: Oh, I am playing on .25x planets so I dont have any spare planets to put them on and make a vassal.
What do I do with them? I dont want the genocidal diplo penalty so I cant purge them. Which leaves me with displacement or selling them on the market. Either are not ideal as it may just strengthen one of the other factions but at least I will get some energy out of the latter option. Might even weaken the AI that buys them because of the Sprawl penalty?
Edit: Oh, I am playing on .25x planets so I dont have any spare planets to put them on and make a vassal.
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