Barren World
| Radiation from the nearby star ravages the surface of this world due to the lack of an atmosphere ozone layer. No significant geological activity. No indigenous life forms. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
A Barren World is a Planet type that can be found all over the Persean sector in great abundance.
Resources
Barren worlds are guaranteed to have ore deposits and sometimes can have rare ore deposits too.
These planets typically have:
Sparse (-1) to 
Abundant (+1) ore deposits, though rarely can also go up to 
Ultrarich (+3).
Sparse (-1) to 
Abundant (+1) rare ore deposits, though rarely can also go up to 
Ultrarich (+3).
Market Conditions
No Atmosphere (+50% hazard rating) will always be an attribute of Barren worlds.
Other market conditions that can appear are:
Hot (+25% hazard rating)
Extreme Heat (+50% hazard rating)
Cold (+25% hazard rating)
Extreme Cold (+50% hazard rating)
Poor Light (+25% hazard rating)
Darkness (+50% hazard rating)
Low Gravity (+25% hazard rating & +10% accessibility)
High Gravity (+50% hazard rating & -10% accessibility)
Decivilized (+25% hazard rating) on rare occasions
It can also have:
Irradiated (+50% hazard rating) if it's in a sole Neutron Star system.
Inimical Biosphere (+25% hazard rating) on extremely rare occasions, feel free to ponder on the implications.
Varying degree of Ruins can also be found on Barren Worlds.
Colony
Barren worlds primarily serves as a host to the Mining Industry, and by extension Refining too.
Planets with at least both Abundant ore deposits & Abundant rare ore deposits can achieve self-sufficiency in Refining demands with the aid of an Administrator with Industrial Planning.
A Commerce can also be used to capitalized on the income from Mining & Refining.
Special Items
An Autonomous Mantle Bore is of great use on a Mining Industry.
Refining can benefits even further from the use of a Catalytic Core as Barren worlds are guaranteed to have No Atmosphere.
Synchrotron Core benefits from this too and enables Fuel Production as a lucrative Industry.
And as with all non-habitable worlds, a Heavy Industry/Orbital Works with a Corrupted Nanoforge/Pristine Nanoforge can work well too if the hazard rating is low enough or if needed.
Trivia
- Barren worlds comes in a wide variety of colourization, mainly different shades of grey & brown.
- The Core Worlds has 8 Barren colonies:
| Planets/Worlds | |
|---|---|
| Non-Habitable | Barren · Barren-Bombarded · Barren-Desert · Rocky Metallic · Rocky Unstable · Rocky Ice · Volcanic · Cryovolcanic · Frozen · Toxic · Irradiated · Gas Giant · Ice Giant |
| Habitable | Desert · Arid · Jungle · Tundra · Water · Terran Eccentric · Terran |
