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Logos&Eidos
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I recognize and understand that I do, but that does not mean that all rebellions will subside. It could take a year it could take ten it could take one hundred, but eventually some group of natives will rise up and start fighting off their oppressors. It happens. The rebels will be smart enough to start reverse-engineering the weapons and tools and may be able to start killing their oppressors. Or they'll trade. See Shaka Zulu v. The British Empire. Or the American Indians vs. The British Empire and later the United States.
I will reiterate this one more time. I am not talking about the initial conflict and occupation. I am talking about the future, several years after the initial occupation, wherein people will be fighting for their own sovereignty. They will fight to determine their own destiny. That will not end. People will cling to their history and fight to restore it. They will rebel until utterly decimated or victory occurs. And if allowed to flourish again they will renew the fight. It is a part of humanity to fight. This could be a generations-long fight. Brush fires will occur over the years in various locations even if initial resistance is broken through the means and methods you outline above.
Well the Empire is morally ambiguous and willing to starve people out and planetary colonizations is also long term investment, they must preprepared to fight a long war in order to claim a planet and be willing to utterly devastate
indigenous populations.
"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing".
That quote must hold a lot of truth for people conquering a planet. Establish one stronghold by air lifting in prefabricated buildings into and defensible location ideally far from the settlements of hostile natives. Then build outposts at strategic locations to keep the indigens away from vital resources and quickly respond to incidents. The pace of conquest would have to be a deliberate one, a region must be made reasonably secure before moving on to the next, however if they take too much time especially with more advanced cultures reverse engineering of their technology is inevitable.
So I see the Union putting their effort into building up there stronghold and primary colony on a captured world. While sending out routine strikes against the natives to keep them from being able to build strength.