Well, maybe your government form is similar to Isreali or Swede where every citizen has to serve a certain number of years in the military, and the government reserves the right to re-active any citizen? They might not be as trained as your career military person, but they'd know the basics wouldn't they?

Dude most of the big ships are bigger than small moons duh. Why you think you only end up with like 4-5 ships per planet you own?

hey use suspended animation. Which changes the requirements for one person from two hundred cubic meters to two

Well that does make the size more managable. At that rate a ship carrying 100 billion people would be a mere one-hundredth the size of the earth's moon. This is easier to come to terms with as that would be about the upper limit of the ship.

Dude most of the big ships are bigger than small moons duh. Why you think you only end up with like 4-5 ships per planet you own?

Colony ships have a very high storage capacity which would nessecitate the size of a ship several times larger than many "small moons."

In switzerland, every household is required by law to own a gun.

Perhaps but I would think ground warfare would require more than just a gun for every soldier. What about machinery? Like futuristic tanks, air support (space support?), grenades, extra ammunition, etc.. Not to mention the cost of medicines, rations, and other essential gear.

It just seems like having a large army, as in billions upon billions of soldiers, would have large upkeep costs.

So far none of this answers the question regarding morale and public opinion of mass conscription. It's pretty tough to believe that the residence of a world would be happy if two-thirds the population was forced to pack up their belongings and head into a bloody war.

One of the ways this issue is usually addressed is by saying that the one ship you see on the screen, really represents several ships of the class, along with any needed support vehicles. So that one colony ship on the map may be 4 or 5 in reality, and troop transports could have support craft carrying vehicles and such attached to them.

In Galciv, the decription says a Transport is not one ship, but actually a fleet of ships.

Also, we shouldn't make the game MORE micromanageing. I think it is fine and -FUN- the way it is. Note: FUN.

What you are suggesting is TEH ANTI-FUN. TEH ANTI-FUN IS TEH BAD.

I must say I quite like the idea that you have to risk (and generally lose) a huge number of your own citizens (that is, your vital forces) to capture a planet. Even if it doesn't make sense, I think it balances the game.

[Quote]Colony ships have a very high storage capacity which would nessecitate the size of a ship several times larger than many "small moons."

When I said big ships I meant the military ships. Naturally the colony ships would be bigger, but as the game explains its more than one ship as is the transport ship.

Combining that with suspended animation, it becomes far more feasible. 2000 cubic meters is nothing, assuming 2 cubic meters per suspended colonist. Oil tankers hold about 20 times that much, so I think there's room for a fudge factor. Even if that's one million people, that's still reasonable for a multiship colonization fleet.

Agreed. I didn't realize that in GC2 the colony ship's capacity was changed.

I just want to clarify my position as I tried to do earlier this morning: these concerns of mine aren't meant to be game-changing suggestions. When I play a game, read a book, or watch a movie based on science fiction I like to have a certain level of consistency with plausible (or semi-plausible) explanations for things which make it easier for me to visualize what's going on in the fictional universe. If it seemed as if I was suggesting these are problems with the game that need to be addressed or altered, I apologize. It was not my intent. I just wanted help putting my mind at ease and I appreciate all the comments I have recieved so far.

As a rule I don't make suggestions until I can think of alternatives that wouldn't adversely effect the "fun-factor" of the game.

Also, for anyone lacking an explanation, a game wont put every single detail like chosing the training type, training the soldiers for 6 months, etc.

Only: Pick the number of soldiers, put them in ships, go. The rest is implicit, except if you want massive micro-management.