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| Author: | Toastar [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | New Planet Type: Stars |
So instead of finding and claiming a planet, you claim a star! A star would use a normal planet slot, and come in different colors and types (Red Giants, Neutron Stars, main sequence, etc). Unlike a planet, a star produces nothing, and has only limited building space that can only be used on defenses. However, the star gives a passive percentage bonus that universally boosts some stat or production. The bonus should be small enough to not be game-breaking, but large enough to be valuable. For example: Neutron Star Size: Very Tiny Space: 4 Bonus: +3% to total Scan Blue Giant Size: Mega Colossal Space: 24 Bonus: +3% to maximum ship energy Yellow Sun Size: Very Massive Space: 16 Bonus: +10% to all planet populations Nebula Size: Mega Colossal Space: 24 Bonus: +5% to cloak Black Hole Size: Average Space: 10 Bonus: +3% to attack Penalty: -1% to maximum energy Of course, you could have multiple stars of the same type, but they'd all be pretty rare to find, and would come with the sacrifice that they'd have no production. On the plus side, they'd provide a meaningful bonus that would scale with level. There'd probably need to be a cap, like 'No more than 10% of your planet slots can be stars' in order to keep things balanced, and also make the choice of a star more meaningful. |
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| Author: | Commonwealth <TK> [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Planet Type: Stars |
stars are planets now are they?! |
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| Author: | Toastar [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Planet Type: Stars |
Nah, but it just seemed like the well was running a little dry for new planet types. But there's lots of types of stars, and it'd add some variety.  Besides, the premise of a Dyson sphere is that it's built *around* a star, so having a star in a planet slot isn't too far-fetched.
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| Author: | Lone.Lycan [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Planet Type: Stars |
technically a dyson sphere isn't even supposed to be a complete sphere |
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| Author: | Commonwealth <TK> [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Planet Type: Stars |
Lone.Lycan wrote: technically a dyson sphere isn't even supposed to be a complete sphere and the star inside isn't necessarily the size of a normal star, the dyson sphere can contain a star that's been miniturised. |
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| Author: | Lone.Lycan [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Planet Type: Stars |
Aye,... "a black hole could be the power source instead of a star in order to increase energy-to-matter conversion efficiency. A black hole would also be smaller than a star." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere |
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| Author: | Commonwealth <TK> [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Planet Type: Stars |
A dyson can be a shell too, just takes massive amounts of engineering and resources. Quote: Most fictional depictions describe a solid shell of matter enclosing a star, which is considered the least plausible variant of the idea |
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