[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
I would like to see colonization changed, though. It should not be possible to live undomed on a non-native planet type. Gas giant planets aren't suddenly good environments for surface-dwelling creatures just because they have been altered to different gases. Gas-native races are 'flyers' or 'floaters' of various types, remember. So your colonies on non-native type worlds should be domed regardless of the atmosphere. Your race will always require special structures to live there.

Of course, I can just as easily say that the SE4 universe represents a tech level similar to that of Star Wars, where colonizing a gas giant with a breathable atmosphere is no more difficult than building a standard repulsorlift platform. If you have the technology needed to build sphere/ringworlds, then atmosphere and planet types are non-issues to your race. You could easily cover then entire surface of a planet with a dome with those levels of construction abilities.