Happiness confusion

[douglas]

PlanetNapalm said:
I am a neutral people

You mean you have the neutral happiness type? Build lots and lots of troops, that's your only hope. Neutral happiness got screwed over in a very big way in stock. Non-intercourse treaties, troops, and the automatic over time change are the ONLY things that can improve happiness for neutral happiness races. ANY other kind of treaty causes unhappiness, though only on the turn it's established, colonizing and capturing planets causes unhappiness despite being a good thing normally, building ships causes unhappiness, battles cause unhappiness regardless of the outcome, and friendly ships nearby have no effect.