Eldred Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Is it possible to establish a PG on a gas giant? Logic would say no (surely an orbital installation would be required), but I expect the game mechanics may say otherwise! I'm also guessing that having PGs in asteroid belts presents no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Blair Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Is it possible to establish a PG on a gas giant? Logic would say no (surely an orbital installation would be required), but I expect the game mechanics may say otherwise! You can drop colony beacons down on gas giants and create pop groups there. I have done it successfully. Matthew Blair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locklyn Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 No problem creating a pop group for example for Fuel deposits but having population actually survive on it may be tough if you are not a coloniser race. But an empty pop group is never a problem. /Locklyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobknob Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 I have several but the colonists don't seem to grow much, just enough to offset attrition. Need a few more advances to make it really worth while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldred Posted October 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Thanks for that....just trying to picture what the pop group might look like....perhaps a few bits of abandoned modules orbitting the gas giant. Presumably when cargo is offloaded to these pop groups it must float round in orbit with the empty pop group....unless of course PGs they are somehow established floating on the gaseous surface! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Watchers Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Gas Giant colonies? Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobknob Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Pete has responded in the past that the pop group is located where ever it needs to be for survival and that for gas giants they would be orbiting/floating colonies. Since it makes little difference to game play you could have them about anywhere. One does wonder about attrition in an orbital colony though. You would think that the orbital colony mainteance staff could do something about the temperature that is killing 5% of the inhabitants. Maybe someday we will stumble onto the tech to build truly orbital colonies via Orbital Construction Technology, but so far nothing has materialized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMartinB Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 Hobnob - Just to mess with our population I built a subterranean city on the gas giant. Still High attrition but imagine that one.. Snicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobknob Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 You killl me.... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolfe99 Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 A domed city on an orbital colony is a funny concept too. Aren't they already in a domed, climate controlled environment, or are they floating on a flat, open platform, exposed to the freezing cold and vacuum of space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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