NASA's announcement

[NEXUS12]

So, today NASA has just announced they have found a solar system with 7 possible rocky planets in it, approximately 40 light years away from our solar system. 3 of those may well support life.

Maybe this system could be included in the start for UNE? Maybe with just one of the planets habitable for balancing issues, with the other two habitable after terraforming.

After all, Alpha Centurai is always close to Sol at the start, with a habitable planet, and no one can say that a planet in that system is definitely habitable.

Just a thought.

 

[ashbery76]

Kinda annoying that the AC planet is not called Chiron and has mind worms trait.

 

[Milten]

3 of those may well support life.

Well, that's pretty lucky start for UNE.

 

[Artigo]

I hope I have the right ethics when they build the colony ship.

 

[NEXUS12]

Well, that's pretty lucky start for UNE.

As I said, you could easily make those planets arid, or maybe even ignore two of them. I'm not suggesting giving UNE three continental worlds, it would just be interesting for immersion to add this system nearby to Sol at the beginning of the game, as they have done with AC and a few others.

 

[Strager]

They should put the system but put 7 large asteroids instead.

 

[Milten]

As I said, you could easily make those planets arid, or maybe even ignore two of them. I'm not suggesting giving UNE three continental worlds, it would just be interesting for immersion to add this system nearby to Sol at the beginning of the game, as they have done with AC and a few others.

Ok, ok, my sense of humor is bad. No need to rub it in.

 

[NEXUS12]

Ok, ok, my sense of humor is bad. No need to rub it in.

Maybe it was my inability to detect sarcasm after a 12 hour shift, ha.

Either way you are correct though. It would be a very lucky UNE start if all three were habitable.

 

[Bossman Zero]

it would just be interesting for immersion to add this system nearby to Sol at the beginning of the game, as they have done with AC and a few others.

Except the real life systems in the game are a lot closer to Sol than TRAPPIST-1 is. Even the furthest, Procyon, is 11.46 LY away, slightly more than a quarter of the distance. If more immersion is the goal, I would argue for Wolf 359 (7.86 LY) and Lalande 21185 (8.31 LY) first.

 

[PalmettoExplorer14]

Actually in the USA Today newspaper, they have stated that they may be giving Pluto back its status as a full-fledged planet, so...well, you know where I'm going with this I'm sure. :3

 

[Notho]

Time for Wiz and the gang to recalculate the number of habitable planets per system in the game! (again).

Just kidding, I'll use the slider myself.

 

[Mitchz95]

Actually in the USA Today newspaper, they have stated that they may be giving Pluto back its status as a full-fledged planet, so...well, you know where I'm going with this I'm sure. :3

That same proposal would also classify Luna as a planet, as well as 100 other worlds in our solar system. I can't see that panning out.

 

[Meneliki]

So, today NASA has just announced they have found a solar system with 7 possible rocky planets in it, approximately 40 light years away from our solar system. 3 of those may well support life..

I'm a bit of a space nerd so this kindof news is pretty exciting for me.

Also... 7 planets!? That's enough to build a ring world! Sweet!

 

[Werther]

It's a belgian team (Michaël Gillon, University of Liege), not the NASA (the Agency just helped with the Spitzer telescope: it looked at the star during 20 days to confirm their first observations). By the way, the belgian team named the star like their telescop (in Chile): Trappist (for Transiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope)... Huuum... Belgian... Trappist... I think i know what they did there...

Spoiler

 

[Mitchz95]

It's a belgian team (Michaël Gillon, University of Liege), not the NASA (the Agency just helped with the Spitzer telescope: it looked at the star during 20 days to confirm their first observations). By the way, the belgian team named the star like their telescop (in Chile): Trappist (for Transiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope)... Huuum... Belgian... Trappist... I think i know what they did there...

Spoiler

The NASA panel joked during their conference that they were going to name each of the seven planets after a Belgian beer.

 

[Aedile Australis]

Except the real life systems in the game are a lot closer to Sol than TRAPPIST-1 is. Even the furthest, Procyon, is 11.46 LY away, slightly more than a quarter of the distance. If more immersion is the goal, I would argue for Wolf 359 (7.86 LY) and Lalande 21185 (8.31 LY) first.

Id be careful about traveling to Wofl 359 its likely to be home to a Fanatic Xenophile Hivemind species with levels in the Synthetic path

 

[Urizen]

Actually in the USA Today newspaper, they have stated that they may be giving Pluto back its status as a full-fledged planet, so...well, you know where I'm going with this I'm sure. :3

 

[Andy_Dandy]

After all, Alpha Centurai is always close to Sol at the start, with a habitable planet, and no one can say that a planet in that system is definitely habitable.

Just a thought.

Wrong. Sid Meier proved Alpha Centauri can host habitable planets, at least one.

 

[Antediluvian Monster]

Actually in the USA Today newspaper, they have stated that they may be giving Pluto back its status as a full-fledged planet, so...well, you know where I'm going with this I'm sure. :3

NEVER AGAIN!

 

[The Founder]

After all, Alpha Centurai is always close to Sol at the start, with a habitable planet, and no one can say that a planet in that system is definitely habitable.

That is not correct. The game only enforces the names on those nearby systems. It does not enforce the "Guaranteed Habitable Planets" to be in those. Those can be in any nearby system, but they are extremely likely to be in AC.