Destroying Space Station (Is this a bug?)

[obsolete]

I had read somewhere, and always been told if you capture a capital, then the AI losses his whole space-ship part projects and has to restart. However, last night I ended up trading a capital for a round, and there was no effect.

I am not sure if this is a bug, or if there is a special rule for needing to HOLD that capital for x-amount of turns? This is not well documented anywhere.

Thanks.

 

[Woody1]

I've never noticed that the AI loses spaceship progress when you take his capital. (Even if you keep it.)

Maybe he only loses the spaceship if it has already launched.

 

[ori]

woody is right. the space ship can be destroyed after launch by taking the rival's capital. Prior to the launch this does not occur...

 

[obsolete]

Alright, thanks for clearing this confusion up, and it is consitant now to what I have observed. So, rule #1 is to only attack AFTER the launch. Hmm.