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Topic: Can you identify star-systems?! (Read 2789 times)
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Rebelior
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Hi!
Is there anyway to know wheter a system is hotter, colder or with life in it just by looking at the colour of the star? 
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Death 999
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Giants have hot planets. tiny dwarfs almost never have hot planets, even if they're white. Which reminds me: the order of declining temperature is
white blue green yellow orange red
(just as in real life)
Aside from that, Hayes has some info on this. Ask him for advice about gathering resources.
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« Last Edit: July 18, 2003, 05:12:57 am by Death_999 »
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Rebelior
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Thkx!!! But, is there any way you can relate temperature to amount/kind of minerals you find on the planets, like on MoO?!
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Also, planets have an order of average value
Violet (best)
Yellow
Orange
Cyan
Green
Blue
Purple
Red
White (worst)
However, this is the 'official' average. I ALWAYS check red planets as they are sometimes ruby worlds (which are fantastic). White and purple worlds are almost never of any value, but if you have a lot of storage space the base metal deposits can be a decent source of income simply by virtue of their tremendous quantity.
Also, remember that smaller planets and moons will have much lower fuel costs (ca. 0.3 instead of 2.5 as often happens with larger planets), so that in itself can make a huge difference in your mining efficiency. Of course, to see how much fuel you will spend, go to the lander launch screen (with the crosshairs) and look above the menu for a fuel cost. If it's more than you want, hit the cancel button.
Note that often the deposits of noble gases are very small, so if a planet is littered with blue it may not amount to much after all. If the place has a large fuel cost to get back from, it'll be more economical to go elsewhere.
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« Last Edit: July 18, 2003, 09:06:38 pm by Death_999 »
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Ehhh.....
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actually in real life the order of star temps by color from hottest to coolest goes violet-white(O), blue-white(B), white(A), yellow-white(F), yellow(G), orange(K) and red(M)
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Death 999
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hrmm.... when talking about white stars, I was thinking of white dwarfs - you know, stellar remnants. Their surface temperatures are way up there... But yeah, green would have to shift up towards white because as a blackbody it lies in the middle of our visible spectrum, thus producing a very white appearance rather than a yellow or blue one (or green one)... oops, my bad.
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Volka
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As Slylendro said,the color of the orbit of the planets indicates(apparently) its proximity to their sun,and thus,their temperature.
Blue orbits=coldest planets(i.e=Pluto)
Dark green orbits:Not so cold planets(i.e=Mars)
Green orbits=Pretty warm planets,most supports life(i.e=Earth)
Red orbits=Damn hot planets!(i.e=Mercury)
Usually,super giant's planets are very valuable,they are full of resources,unfortunately if you want to mine these resources you'd better get improvments for you lading vehicles,even so,it would be a difficult task.
If you're looking for life data you wouldn't go to any super giant sun,nor to blue starts(the hottest) try to find solar systems just like ours,yellows and whites are the best.
By the way,there's a map that could help you a lot while picking up resources:
http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/sc2/maps5.shtml
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