Inner Galaxy Colonization

[Cidasa]

So I've been looking at a lot of Stellaris videos and screenshots (and by "a lot" I mean every single one) and what I've noticed is that the inner galaxy seems un colonizable in some videos/screenshots, but in other videos/screenshots the inner galaxy is clearly colonizable.

So if you're able to colonize the core of the Galaxy would it be like normal colonization of planets or will it be a different way like population growth?

 

[cosmeIII]

I think it depends on which galaxy type you choose. I'd guess colonization does not change

 

[sakura002]

Inner galaxy is more "compressed" with more stars and systems around them, also more stars means more chance to stars who will die at a closer range between those systems(supernovas).
So colonized pops would have to recolonize faster to other systems for running away from those supernovas:
check this out and read a bit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_habitable_zone

There is too much unfriendly risks to live in the center as stars(and their systems) are closer to each other, which makes it a higher change there will be catastrophic events for colonized planets.
Semi-realistics from paradox it is impossible(or not worth the risk) to colonize the center

 

[danest]

I have a feeling we'll find out later, perhaps in a dlc, about the galactic center. I find that scientific explanations for why the center is completely uninhabitable to be unlikely choices for Paradox's design team. I'm betting they had another reason.

 

[sakura002]

Maybe its a habitable region for ascendants-dlc , after the end-game catastrophies and youre not satisfied with it yet, u can try to fight ascendants/god like creatures? with lots of dangerous anomalies in the center of the region( heavy solar flares, evading supernovas, whatever more dangerous galaxy stuff)

 

[Veracin]

Maybe one of the end-game crises emerges from the galactic core? Who knows why, but it may just vary by Galaxy.

 

[Cidasa]

I feel like the inner worlds shouldn't be completely useless and not worth the risk. The planets in the inner galaxy should have more energy or mineral bonuses.

 

[lockdown51]

It's my understanding that the Galactic core is old. Like really really old. So old that most of the stars have gone nova or collapsed into black holes. So there aren't many planets because there aren't many stars and the area is full of black holes. You don't want to go there. You want to go out, where the younger stars are that might have planets.

 

[Cidasa]

It's my understanding that the Galactic core is old. Like really really old. So old that most of the stars have gone nova or collapsed into black holes. So there aren't many planets because there aren't many stars and the area is full of black holes. You don't want to go there. You want to go out, where the younger stars are that might have planets.

What I'm saying is that the few worlds in the core should be more valuable and rare than the other ones because this will create a risky option that the player must face at one point in the game. That might not be realistic but most games aren't,.

 

[Sadino]

It's my understanding that the Galactic core is old. Like really really old. So old that most of the stars have gone nova or collapsed into black holes. So there aren't many planets because there aren't many stars and the area is full of black holes. You don't want to go there. You want to go out, where the younger stars are that might have planets.

It's not that there's a lack of stars or planets - the fact that the area is so dense with the remnants of supernovas means that there's tons of stellar nebulae that would produce further stars and planets - but rather that such an area would be (relatively - this is space, after all) packed with all sorts of gamma ray bursts and supernovae and et cetera that such planets would be too sterile for the type of life that Stellaris seems to be focused on (earth and earth-like).

 

[nottheface]

I think this really boils down to preference, are you a sugar ring doughnut kinda person that appreciates the lack of a middle or are you the jam filled middle type that can't get enough of the oozing sugary goodness. Myself i like a nice custard doughnut so i guess i want something gooey in the middle that i can look forward to, trouble is as soon as you bite in to it it just spills out all over the place.

 

[Cidasa]

I think this really boils down to preference, are you a sugar ring doughnut kinda person that appreciates the lack of a middle or are you the jam filled middle type that can't get enough of the oozing sugary goodness. Myself i like a nice custard doughnut so i guess i want something gooey in the middle that i can look forward to, trouble is as soon as you bite in to it it just spills out all over the place.

It's funny how you can tell how far away people are from lunch by reading their posts.

 

[lockdown51]

It's not that there's a lack of stars or planets - the fact that the area is so dense with the remnants of supernovas means that there's tons of stellar nebulae that would produce further stars and planets - but rather that such an area would be (relatively - this is space, after all) packed with all sorts of gamma ray bursts and supernovae and et cetera that such planets would be too sterile for the type of life that Stellaris seems to be focused on (earth and earth-like).

Thanks. Today I learned a thing. I think I fulfilled my adulting quota for the day.

 

[Cannes]

Some people touch a bit on the reason, but only Sadino comes properly close to the truth.

It's not just catastrophies such as supernovae and gammaray bursts which render the center of the galaxy uninhabitable as we know it.
For one thing gammeray bursts are an extremely rare event.
The density of dust and gas in the center of the galaxy is very very high, which means the rate of star formation and the amount of huge hot blue stars is very big. This results in the entire area being bombarded with ultraviolet radiation at such intensity that no life can form. In addition, as was touched on; These massive blue stars have very short lifespans in the order of 100 million years before they go supernova.

 

[corny.1234]

It's not that there's a lack of stars or planets - the fact that the area is so dense with the remnants of supernovas means that there's tons of stellar nebulae that would produce further stars and planets - but rather that such an area would be (relatively - this is space, after all) packed with all sorts of gamma ray bursts and supernovae and et cetera that such planets would be too sterile for the type of life that Stellaris seems to be focused on (earth and earth-like).

Good that you remember me, didn't they said in the dev diaries that there are nebula regions with rare resources. If I'm right we did not see them yet, haven't we?

 

[Veracin]

Speaking of a bunch of stars in the galactic core, in Elite Dangerous it looks like a thousand bright lights shining in your face if you're in the core, which is quite beautiful in a way.

 

[TomBombadil]

I've got a sneaking suspicion there'll be an end game crisis related to the inner galaxy. All that prime real estate in the middle of the map needs to be occupied by an ancient and malevolent power...

 

[TomBombadil]

There is too much unfriendly risks to live in the center as stars(and their systems) are closer to each other, which makes it a higher change there will be catastrophic events for colonized planets.
Semi-realistics from paradox it is impossible(or not worth the risk) to colonize the center

The galactic habitable zone only indicates a rough region where the risks to life aren't so high as to prevent the slow evolution of life to occur over millions of years. A star system that gets hit by a catastrophic event every million years or so would be perfectly safe to seed and colonise in the timespan of Stellaris, but life could never hope to appear there without first being introduced from elsewhere.

 

[Cannes]

The galactic habitable zone only indicates a rough region where the risks to life aren't so high as to prevent the slow evolution of life to occur over millions of years. A star system that gets hit by a catastrophic event every million years or so would be perfectly safe to seed and colonise in the timespan of Stellaris, but life could never hope to appear there without first being introduced from elsewhere.

Read my post above. Catastrophies that happen once a million years is not the reason why the galactic center is a bad place to live.

 

[Ziffallo]

Maybe one of the end-game crises emerges from the galactic core? Who knows why, but it may just vary by Galaxy.

This sounds very friendly