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| + | I noticed your page on [[List of Mineral Types|minerals]]. I've done a bit of galactic mining myself, and I believe that the quality modifier isn't based so much on star size as it is on temperature (which ''does'' depend on star size). There exist a few star systems out there that have a number of planets with a wide range orbits and thus a wide range of temperature. If i remember correctly, given two planets are the same type, the closer planet to a hot star can have huge deposits while the ones further one can have small deposits as long as it's at an entirely different temp. With supergiants this isn't often the case, but with smaller stars, it can be. | ||
| + | Also mineral size is directly related to the tonnage of the cargo. I'd have to play the game again to be sure of the exazt numbers but it was something like 1-10 tons is small, 11-15 tons is normal-sized, 16-20 is large, and >20 is frickin' huge. | ||
Revision as of 07:59, 17 September 2004
I noticed your page on minerals. I've done a bit of galactic mining myself, and I believe that the quality modifier isn't based so much on star size as it is on temperature (which does depend on star size). There exist a few star systems out there that have a number of planets with a wide range orbits and thus a wide range of temperature. If i remember correctly, given two planets are the same type, the closer planet to a hot star can have huge deposits while the ones further one can have small deposits as long as it's at an entirely different temp. With supergiants this isn't often the case, but with smaller stars, it can be.
Also mineral size is directly related to the tonnage of the cargo. I'd have to play the game again to be sure of the exazt numbers but it was something like 1-10 tons is small, 11-15 tons is normal-sized, 16-20 is large, and >20 is frickin' huge.