Gas Giant

A Gas Giant

	Primarily composed of hydrogen and helium gases. The temperature and pressure at the core are extreme, but not enough to sustain the deuterium fusion that would turn the planet into a brown dwarf star.
–In-Game Description

A Gas Giant is a Planet type that can be found all over the Persean sector.

They can be found at any distance within a system.

They can also be scanned with an Active Sensor Burst to gain +5 Hyperspace Topography.

Resources

Gas Giant worlds are guaranteed to have only volatiles

These planets typically have:

• Trace (-1) to Plentiful Voltailes (+2) volatiles deposits.

Market Conditions

High Gravity (+50% hazard rating & -10% accessibility) will always be an attribute of Gas Giant 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)
• Toxic Atmosphere (+50% hazard rating)
• Dense Atmosphere (+50% hazard rating)
• Extreme Weather (+25% hazard rating)

It can also have:

• Irradiated (+50% hazard rating) if it's in a sole Neutron Star system.

Varying degree of Ruins can also be found on Gas Giant Worlds.

Colony

Gas Giant worlds primarily serves as a host to the Mining Industry, however, as volatiles are the only possible resource and combined with the myriads of possible market conditions increasing hazard rating, Gas Giant are seldom worth colonizing.

A Commerce can also be used to capitalized on the meagre income from Mining.

Special Items

A Plasma Dynamo is of great use on a Mining Industry and can justify colonizing one, it's also the easier way of meeting the volatiles demand from an Orbital Fusion Lamp.

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

• Gas Giants comes in different shades of yellow, however the Gas Giants of the Core Worlds has many different colours.
• The Core Worlds has no Gas Giant colony, at least without player action.
• The following Industries, Light Industry, Military Base & Heavy Batteries, all have an unique illustration for Gas Giant colonies.
• The following Core World Gas Giants have an unique description:
  • Salus of the Askonia system.
  • Phaosphoros of the Eos Exodus system.
  • Chaxiraxi of the Magec system.
  • Typhon of the Samarra system.
  • Aka Mainyu of the Duzahk system.
  • Kumari Aru of the Kumari Kandam system.
  • Satanazes of the Tyle system.

Gallery

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  Aka Mainyu

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  Chaxiraxi

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  Chupi Orco

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  Elada

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  Gad

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  Kumari Aru

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  Melikah

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  Satanazes

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  Yggdrasil

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.