Most systems for a good part of the game have 200 manpower only, so having a fleet with at least 330 attack power will allow you to reduce that to 100 manpower in 3 turns, at which point (assuming you have at least 200 manpower yourself) you can usually win the invasion in a landslide. A system's manpower is reduced every turn by 10% of the total attack power of the fleets in orbit around it. It is strongly advised that, before you invade, you keep your fleet in orbit to wear down the defending manpower of the system. Invasions are performed by entering an enemy system with ships that have manpower aboard.
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If your reserves are empty and you're only generating 20 manpower per turn, your ship will only increase its manpower by 20 per turn, which can take forever on a full fleet. It takes the manpower from your reserves, it doesn't matter what system you orbit as long as you control it. Manpower is replenished on fleets by having ships in orbit in one of your controlled systems. There are plenty of upgrades that allow you to increase maximum manpower in reserve, the strength of invading forces, the strength of defending forces, and other things. Manpower on planets is used to defend against invasions.
Manpower on ships is used to invade a system. You use manpower, on occasion, to pay for certain things, but that is the exception to the rule. There is no way to load or offload manpower onto or off of ships, and there is no way to move manpower from one place to the other in your empire. Manpower automatically is assigned to ships first, then planets. Manpower is used to staff your ships, your planets, and when those two things are full, it goes into your reserve (viewed by the fleets button).
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You can also use that same screen to upgrade your armies by paying with strategic resources and reserve manpower. That screen also allows you to change the composition of your armies (footsoldiers, armor and air) by clicking on the button on the right, once you unlock armor and air forces. You can view it by clicking on the fleets button. Manpower is a resource of your empire that represents the number of military people you have. This post is here just to explain the basics of manpower, in case anyone doesn't fully get it yet. How did invasions work? How do I replenish manpower on fleets? How do I do it on planets, even? Manpower "regen" amount is way too low, I'm barely scraping enough together, how do I increase that? Manpower was, more than anything, one of the most confusing things about the game I needed to figure out for myself, because the tutorial didn't explain much.