Atmosphere

raynor · #1 January 31st, 2001, 03:21 PM

'Tis Okay, RDouglas--just so long as you agree with me.

Large and Huge... Whoop! Great minds think alike.

rdouglass · #2 January 31st, 2001, 03:25 PM

Raynor, I'm not sure about that. Yes, G Giants have a much greater gravity hence the species should be vastly stronger. Yet all the "troop" pictures seem to be "mechanized" and inside vehicles. That, in theory, should negate any advantage. If troops were set up like SE3 where they had infantry, then yes, I agree. However, I have seen no infantry in SE4. Of course, they may very well be ther and I haven't seen them - I rarely ever invade planets, I take 'em with Puppet Political Parties..

Jubala · #3 January 31st, 2001, 03:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Puke:
<snip!> man, i hate it when they release Version 2.0 of the universe just because sales on the first edition were dropping off, and all your knowledge goes out of date.

ROFLMAO

Good one Puke.

Krakenup · #4 January 31st, 2001, 07:40 PM

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Originally posted by raynor:
[b]As long as everyone is in a frenzy over realism, I say that gas giant troops should get a 1000% bonus when attacking non-gas giant troops. Because the gravity on a gas giant has to be at least 10x that on the other worlds, they should be able to kick butt against their wimpier 1 standard G colonists/troops.

Actually, Jupiter's surface gravity is about 2.5 G's due to its high density. Saturn, Neptune and Uranus, OTOH, are between 0.9 and 1.2 G's or about Earth normal. The high G worlds would be huge rock and ice planets not gas giants.

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apache · #5 January 31st, 2001, 08:20 PM

Um, where did you get that 'surface gravity' information? I hope you realize that gravity is a function of mass, not density. There also is absolutely no scientific information about the 'surfaces' of any gas giants, just theories.
Also, to whomever made the comment about liquid being denser than solid, you are incorrect. Some solids, based on their freezing processes are less dense than their liquid counterparts (like water). But for most elements and compounds, solid is the densest state.

rdouglass · #6 January 31st, 2001, 08:27 PM

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Originally posted by apache:
Um, where did you get that 'surface gravity' information

From my old high school chemistry days. I think that you meant "specific" gravity that I used. And again I'm not sure if that is the correct term to use. However, what I meant was that since things like iron are more "dense" than other things, the more "dense" elements / compounds should be at the center. Its what makes steel float in mercury.... That should IMO rule out the "diamond core" theory unless carbon is the "densest" element in the planet's composition.

SunDevil · #7 January 31st, 2001, 09:08 PM

Apache:

Do you work for NASA?