So it takes 900 of those furry little critters to overrun a single Burlust soldier? (I don't even want to think about what the Thoraxians will do to them...)
Bear in mind that the Peltian's ground-attack multiplier is only relevant when they're defending their own planet.
When invading another planet, as their "Peltian Suicide Pods" (or whatever it says) notification-sidebar thing implies, their procedure is:
- load 1 million soldiers in 1 million personnel transports (drop pods, really)
- decide the personnel transport is a more effective weapon than the soldier
- aim transport at enemy population, thrusters to full
And thus Peltians actually trade troops 1-for-1 vs even Thoraxians when "invading" a Thoraxian planet, regardless of ground-effectiveness tech. On top of their massive orbital bombardment multiplier, this makes Peltians actually the most fearsome invasion force out there in terms of the damage they can do (not so much kill-to-loss ratio, but hey).
But if the Thoraxians ever invade a
Peltian planet... lightsabers through melted butter.