Stripping a Planet of Ships

As soon as a player removes the last of his or her ships from anyplanet, that player no longer has a colony on that planet. Any ships involved in the encounter cannot return to that planet. Ships retrieved from the warp cannot return to that planet. That player has no colony there.

If a player has no ships left on one of his or her home planets, he or she must still defend it (with zero ships).

If a situation arises where a player must relocate ships but he or she has no colonies anywhere on the board, those ships go to the warp.