Colonial Redistribution is Optional

[timber marsh]

Hello!

So we are playing on pbd14617 and just resolved Colonial Redistribution.

"Elect a Non-Home, non-Mecatol Rex Planet: Destroy each unit on the elected planet. Then, the player who controls that planet chooses 1 player with the fewest victory points; that player may place 1 infantry from their reinforcements on the elected planet."

So, the destruction is not optional, but the player placing 1 infantry IS optional.

My request is to a.) place a reminder text that it is optional and.) implement a way to circumvent the auto-placement without resorting to slash-commands. Something like a radio button to select the player (in case there is more than one with the least VPs" followed by a choice to place an infantry.

I know it's a niche situation, but in this case the players made a deal to not place the unit, and I figure we can't be the only group to do something similar.

[livid tide]

Why not just elect a different planet? Tbh Ive heard of people trying to minimize damage of colonial, but this is the first time Ive heard of this method

[tepid dove]

Because the player in last has few planets and doesn't want to lose all their structures / ground forces on any planet?

[livid tide]

It's possible for sure, just seems less likely than declining mercenary outfit for instance, which we dont have an option to decline. Not sure it meets the threshold of "worth coding". Ill add the reminder about it being optional though

[tepid dove]

I'd agree that it's an unusual situation. Also, gaving the option to decline the infantry could easily fix x situations but create problems (with accidental button presses or rules misunderstandings) in 10x situations

[timber marsh]

So, in this case the person had a large stack on the planet that the table wanted destroyed. So that's why the planet was elected.

The player in last wanted something in exchange instead of taking the planet, so they made a deal.