[Shane Watson]

Originally posted by Paul1980au:
Any new additions to planetary descriptions and data - lets make them only included if they related some way to the actual game - ie growth rate - resource generation etc.

Pretty much any physical data concerning planetary data could easily be tied directly to game play.

Just for example:

Star type and A.U. will determine how much radiation a race can naturally withstand.

Planetary size and density will determine directly how much gravity the planet has and what the upper reaches are for a race colonizing higher g worlds.

Atmosphere: Like currrent game: if you can't breath it you need a dome

Hydrographics: How wet is the race's homeworld? A species from a world with high hydrographics really won't do well on dryer worlds, and vice versa.

Biozone (the distance from a star where liquid water is present) will determine how hot or cold the planet is. Mars is a cold desert, Venus is a hot desert. Both could potentially have a certain amount of liquid water then life under different circumstance.

Races will naturally look for planets that are close to their ideal, however they would be very few and far between, which would limit to a certain extent the organic output.

Eh. You get the idea.

Cheers,

[ July 31, 2004, 13:54: Message edited by: Shane Watson ]