Losing your alien power

[Iidhaegn 0]

If your alien power is flipped (e.g. you are down to only 2 home systems or less) are you still considered as "having it" (e.g. for Philanthropist's wild flare)?

[Toomai 0]

Hmm...that's a good question. I would say yes, but you must use your Wild flare instead of your Super when you lose power, so...I'm not sure.

[FoxX2 0]

From the rulebook, page 13 (emphasis mine):

Normally, when a player plays a flare, the wild flare effect on the card is used. However, if a player plays his or her alien’s own flare (such as the Zombie playing the Zombie flare), the super flare effect on the card must be used. A player cannot normally use the wild flare effect on his or her own flare. The exception to this is when a player loses his or her power or has it zapped (see page 12). Without an alien power, a player no longer has access to the super flare effect of his or her alien. The player may only use the wild flare effect on his or her flare until he or she regains access to the alien power.

-------

This would seem to indicate to me that you are considered not to have the power at all when you are down to two planets or when you are zapped. (however, I don't have the game yet, so I'm just going be what's in the rulebook.)