Thread:Ghelæ/@comment-5080468-20170724083802/@comment-5080468-20170727095650

What do you think would be the effect on the "contested planets"? I think that in some cases, the losing side would drop nuclear bombs before retreating in order to make the planet useless to the enemy, leaving many of the worlds irradiated.

The still-habitable worlds would probably be in a precarious state with the Medwedian or Talven governors trying to pacify the population without success; Ursoids and Talva would fight to the death with makeshift weapons, without any hope to return home. Basically millions of frustrated colonists promised a peaceful existence on a new world only to find a war-torn carcass of a planet constantly changing owners, turning to their arms in desperation. As the military would confiscate any spaceships or valuable resources for its usage, the colonists would be basica;ly stranded.

What could be interesting uses for the irradiated planets? Maybe they could be brutally strip-mined by giant machines to the point of baring the upper mantles? Doable for a tier 3.5-4?