help "defending planets"
Your strategy for protecting your worlds will depend on how you think they are likely to be attacked. Against Military Capture If you think your enemy is likely to use brute force to capture your planets, it is best to raise military funding levels as high as possible (75). It will take time for actual military presence to reach this level, so do it a day or two before you anticipate any attempt to capture the planet. This can be costly, so raising taxes may be necessary to pay for it, despite the negative impact on public opinion. In effect, this will increase the amount of time it takes for your enemy to capture the planet, giving you more time to respond defensively when they try it. In extreme cases, you can even blockade your own planets in advance for a couple of hours to actively raise military levels as high as 100. This will fall back down to your military funding level gradually, taking about 12 hours to fall back down to 75. Against Public Opinion Capture Even when taking a planet by swaying public opinion, your enemy will need at least as much of a military presence as you have, so raising your military presence will increase the time it takes to capture it. Otherwise, it's helpful to manage public opinion directly by conducting propaganda and bribery on behalf of your clan or using propaganda against your enemy. Even if the planet absolutely hates your clan due to bombardment, you can still use propaganda against the enemy clan to make their job harder.