Newbie questions, bear with me here...

[raynor]

There are five sizes of planets: tiny, small, medium, large and huge with corresponding max population for each: 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 and 8000 million and corresponding max facilties: 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25. You only get the max facilities if your colonists breathe the same atmosphere as on the planet. Otherwise, you have a domed colony and only get 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 facilities respectively.

You can convert a domed colony into an un-domed colony and get the full use of the planet if you either replace all the colonists with ones that can breathe that atmosphere or research, build and wait 20-30 turns for a Atmosphere Converter to convert the atmosphere to one that is breathable.

I forget... I believe when a star collapses, everything in the system is destroyed. The star goes away, and all the planets are converted to asteroids.

If you place a ship in a storm, then other ships must have sensors greater than the opacity of the storm in order to see your ship.

[This message has been edited by raynor (edited 31 May 2001).]