Is there a way to disband a base?

[stoferb]

I like to place bases so there are as little overlap as possible while still claiming all workable tiles. This goes well as long as I'm just peacefully expanding, but sometimes I have to take a few bases from the AI to convince them to leave me alone. Then I'm stuck with a bunch of bases that are placed very poorly.

It's been a long time since I played this game but I seem to recall that I used to produce colony pods while the base was size 1 and it would disband. But maybe I'm confusing it with civ2. Anyhow this doesn't seem to work.

 

[Petek]

At least two ways to disband a base:

1. Move a military unit into a base and press the b key. This will disband the base, but counts as an atrocity.

2. Reduce the base to size 1 (either by starvation or by building Colony Pods). Then build another Colony Pod before the base grows to size 2. You'll be given the option to disband the original base. However, this technique doesn't work on the two lowest difficulty levels.

 

[stoferb]

Thank you. I played on a lower difficulty because I hadn't played in a while, that's why it didn't work.

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

On the two lower difficulties is is an interest exploit to accelerate early expansion, particularly with a faction that has a growth penalty