From the FAQ:
Sorry about the formatting. It got screwed up when the forum ubb software was changed. I'm fixing it for the next FAQ update.
9.6.7 Here's a chart of nebula and other sytems with their effects:
Note that these are all full system types and the effects apply to all sectors in that system. Pic names included so you can check out actual graphics.
Code:
System Cloak Lvl Other Pic (pictures\systems)
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Purple Nebula 3 storm1.bmp
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Bluish Nebula 3 -5000 to all shields. storm2.bmp
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Orange Nebula 3 storm3.bmp
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Green Nebula 4 storm4.bmp
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Red Nebula 5 storm5.bmp
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Purple & Blue 3 -5000 to all shields nebulae1.bmp
Nebula
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Blue & Green 3 -5000 to all shields. nebulae2.bmp
Nebula
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Red & Purple 3 -5000 to all shields. nebulae3.bmp
Nebula
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Red & Green 3 -5000 to all shields. nebulae4.bmp
Nebula
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Red Blob 3 -5000 to all shields. nebulae5.bmp
Nebula
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Comet Eye Candy. Comet1.bmp, comet2.bmp
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Core Fragment Eye Candy. corefragment1.bmp
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Green Giant Eye Candy. greengiant1.bmp
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Nova -5000 to all shields. nova.bmp
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Organic Infestation Eye Candy plant1.bmp, plant2.bmp
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-Red Giant Eye Candy. redgiant1.bmp,
- redgiant2.bmp
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Spatial Rupture Ships move 2 sectors randomly, rupture1.bmp,
- -5000 to all shields. rupture2.bmp
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Burnt Out Star Eye Candy. BurntOut1.bmp
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Black Hole Ships move 2 sectors to center Blackhole.bmp,
- each turn, ships at center get blackhole2.bmp
- 5000 damage, -5000 to all
- shields, damaging warp points.
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Star Forming Eye Candy. StarForming1.bmp,
- StarForming2.bmp,
- StarForming3.bmp,
- StarForming4.bmp
9.6.8 Here's a chart of the sector storms and their effects:
There are 4 kinds of sector storms. All are equally likely. It appears that color is random and effects can be determined by the description.
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Storm Description Effect
Turbulence causes damage to space vehicles. 200 Damage to ships entering sector.
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This storm is opaque to most scanners. Cloak Level 3.
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There is heavy radiation causing combat -50% to attack.
sensor interference.
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Ion radiation renders all shields useless. -5000 to all shields.