Our solar system

[CrownRadio]

Mars, not just Earth, appears to have custom graphics. Perhaps Jupiter as well, but it's difficult to tell with gas giants. I'm really hoping there's an event chain trying to figure out what happened if Earth is a Tomb World, though - maybe with a chance of a "good" outcome where some part of humanity escaped to a different system on a generation ship.

What are Tomb Worlds? I know they've been confirmed and mentioned but has there been talk about what they actually are/what their function is?

 

[Alexander Seil]

 

[Mitchz95]

I guess Tomb Worlds are planets/moons that used to be habitable, but are now irradiated wastelands after the inhabitants wiped themselves out in nuclear wars. Maybe they can be terraformed, but it looks like you can't colonize them until later.

 

[Admiral Howe]

You'll not here the names of the planets, Sol I, Sol II, etc. Not Mercury, Venus, Earth, etc. Clearly this is one of the non-human games as planets in home systems get real names. So this Sol is generated with some form of back-story.

My guess is Cylons.

 

[sbytheway]

I believe its only Earth, Mars and Jupiter with unique textures. Mercury looks molten red instead of gray crater-filed, Venus is green instead of its tan/orange/cream/brown, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune look like the same recolored standard gas giant texture. (Neptune is supposed to be all dark blue, no large white streaks, Uranus is actually closer to the color they gave Neptune)

Spoiler: Mercury

Spoiler: Venus

Spoiler: Uranus

Spoiler: Neptune

That was a screenshot from a while ago so it's possible they'd not finished with all the graphics yet. I hope at least Venus gets some custom graphics.
Also hope there are custom graphics when they're terraformed!

 

[Mitchz95]

That was a screenshot from a while ago so it's possible they'd not finished with all the graphics yet. I hope at least Venus gets some custom graphics.
Also hope there are custom graphics when they're terraformed!

The devs have already confirmed that we can't terraform dead worlds. We can only bring habitable ones closer to our preferred type (i.e. ocean -> continental, etc).

 

[sbytheway]

The devs have already confirmed that we can't terraform dead worlds. We can only bring habitable ones closer to our preferred type (i.e. ocean -> continental, etc).

Ahh ok, can you point me to where that was said?
Do you know if Mars is arid or barren?

PS: That means if an alien species conquers Earth they'll be able to terrform it right? Desert Earth etc

 

[TheBeautifulVoid2]

Do you know if Mars is arid or barren?

In the version of the Solar System which you can choose to start in, Mars is barren. There may be more than one version of it in the game. I don't know.

 

[Ratanka]

why is mercury so big ?
jupiters moons ganymed kallisto and the saturn moon titan are bigger then mercury

ps: i KNOW its not the right proportions because otherwise the sun had to be muuch bigger then even jupiter and all but ...
still it would be cool showing that ganymed is huge and nearly 1/4 bigger then mercury

pps: i hope after terraform it has at least more people possible then mercury or show size otehrwise xD

 

[ahhheygao]

Ahh ok, can you point me to where that was said?

Here:

The button is disabled though, Currently Barren planets cannot be terraformed

Only the seven habitable types are colonizeable/can be terraformed. You can't terraform a gas giant. 'Colonies' on barren worlds are represented through mining/science stations.

 

[sbytheway]

Here:

Thanks!

 

[hsuzy1987]

Perhaps Jupiter as well, but it's difficult to tell with gas giants.

I think it's custom. It's got that really distinctive 'eye' if you look closely just above the name of the planet.

 

[goliard20]

How's this?

Hopefully the blorgs find Pluto :- )

 

[Mauer]

Isn't Jupiter's spot disappearing as we speak? I doubt it'll still be there in 200 years.

 

[Admiral Howe]

Isn't Jupiter's spot disappearing as we speak? I doubt it'll still be there in 200 years.

Most things about the Great Red Spot are either unknown, conjecture, or unknown conjecture. It may well stabilize and grown in the coming 200 years.

Or, if you prefer, perhaps it's gone away and a new one formed from several merged white dots.

 

[Mauer]

Most things about the Great Red Spot are either unknown, conjecture, or unknown conjecture. It may well stabilize and grown in the coming 200 years.

Or, if you prefer, perhaps it's gone away and a new one formed from several merged white dots.

Good point, I just remembered reading something a while ago about it becoming smaller and smaller in the last decades.

 

[Admiral Howe]

Good point, I just remembered reading something a while ago about it becoming smaller and smaller in the last decades.

You're quite correct, it has been. But whether it will vanish, stabilize, or rebound is unknown - and likely unforeseeable. Especially considering gas giant atmospheres aren't pretty to try and model computationally.

 

[j02sh123]

But why is Mercury a tomb world?

 

[sparta105]

Mars, not just Earth, appears to have custom graphics. Perhaps Jupiter as well, but it's difficult to tell with gas giants. I'm really hoping there's an event chain trying to figure out what happened if Earth is a Tomb World, though - maybe with a chance of a "good" outcome where some part of humanity escaped to a different system on a generation ship.

Maybe pull an Asimov and say that Earth became radioactive?

 

[Admiral Howe]

Only tomb world on that one is Sol III, aka Earth.

Should be fun to find out what happened to humans from this Sol.