Ok then, i've double checked this, and this is how ground combat is gonna work:
Damage to a system will be calculated (Obviously) based on the rating of your attack forces - the more ships you use, or the greater its firepower, the more damage that will be done to the system.
However, Transports (Notice they aren't Troop transports anymore, their purpose has been modified in a number of ways, so they are now simply Transports) will change this.
The more advanced your Transports are, the greater the damage that is done to the population, but the lower the damage that is done to buildings. Transports essentially guide your Fleets into attacking only the key population structures and defenses. Not only does this mean you can capture a system much more quickly, it also means that more of the buildings will survive when you capture it - so you have to worry less about building it back up.
Damage to the population can also be reduced in two ways during an attack.
Healthcare facilities will provide a health bonus to systems. Different races have different buildings providing different bonuses.
FEDERATION
Apothecary: 5% Population Health
Health Clinic: 15% Population Health
Medical Centre: 20% Population Health
CARDASSIANS
Medic Station: 5% Population Health
Triage Clinic: 15% Population Health
KLINGONS
Apothecary: 5% Population Health
ROMULANS
Imperial Clinic: 10% Population Health
Imperial Hospital: 15% Population Health
DOMINION
Purging Centre: 15% Population Health
These bonuses mean that that percentage of the maximum system population is taken from the casualties and "healed".
For example, say you are the Federation, you have a system of size 200, and the system comes under attack, killing 80 million people. If the system had an Apothecary, it would get a 5% health bonus. The 5% bonus means that instead of 80 million people dying, 70 million die instead. (5% of 200 is 10. 80 - 10 = 70)
If a Health Clinic was present, then there would be a 15% bonus, meaning 50 million people would die instead of 80 million, (15% of 200 is 30. 80 - 30 = 50) and if a Medical Complex is present, there is a 20% bonus, so "only" 40 million people would die. (20% of 200 is 40. 80 - 40 = 40)
The health buildings are upgradeable - you build an Apothecary, and upgrade it into a Medical Complex, Triage Clinic, or Imperial hospital. If you're playing as the Klingons, you can't upgrade it, but why would a Klingon want treatment?
The Dominion only get one building as well. However, the relatively high bonus of their building is offset by a high tech requirement. The Federation have the best Healthcare facilities, but they have higher upgrade costs because they will have to upgrade it twice.
Of course, the healthcare building may get destroyed during the attack...
The second way that you can minimise population losses, is to provide ships in the system. All ships have medical facilities of one kind or another - and these can be used to help boost the health rating of a system. This rating is applied on top of the rating provided by Medical facilities.
Ships will have a very low health rating, however, and it isn't accumulative - providing two ships in a system does not double the amount of Healthcare provided by ships. One ship provides the maximum bonus from ship-based treatment. This ship is always the most powerful ship present. (Eg. if an Ambassador and a Galaxy are present in the system, the Galaxy provides the Healthcare bonus, because it has better facilities)
Every class of ship has it's own Healthcare bonus, but the Federation has the best bonus for their ships.
Hosptial ships are a new introduction in the game. Their sole purpose is to provide a Healthcare bonus to systems - they are otherwise useless. Hospital ships are non-combats - so enemy forces won't be able to engage them unless a system-friendly fleet is present, as with BOTF.
Only the Federation, Romulans, and Cardassians can build Hospital ships - the Klingons and Dominion simply wouldn't bother building such ships. The Federation and Romulans can actually build two hospital ships. Unlike Combat ships, Hospital ships are autmoatically upgraded in the field when you reach the right tech - you don't have to manually upgrade them like you do with Combat ships. This also applies to all the other non-combat ships - Transports and Colony ships.
Hospital ships provide roughly a 20% healthcare bonus, depending on class. The Cardassian Kivirok class Triage Cruiser is the "worst" Hospital ship with a 16% bonus, and the Federation Olympic class Hospital ship is the "best" with a 24% bonus.
The healthcare bonuses have another important purpose. They minimise the damage caused by random events, for example, a Volcano, Earthquake, or Asteroid strike. Whilst people will still obviously die, Healthcare provision minimises the losses caused by the natural disasters.
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