Planets
Most star systems have a planet orbiting them. Ground Bases are built on planets. Any number of races can build a base on the same
planet. You can build ground structures at your ground base to improve the happiness of the colonies, recruit more
troops, mine and smelt minerals, produce income, and defend the base from
attack. Most planets allow you to build a number of food and income producing farms on them. The success of the farm depends on the planet ' s climate and horticultural conditions. Climate can be changed using ship based terraforming devices and
ground based structures.
Planets have mineral ore buried in their cores that mineral mines can extract and smelters can turn
into metals.
Planets receive some of their climate heat from their star. The rest of
their heat comes from atomic reactions on there own core and from hyper dimensional energies . If a planet ever reaches a hyper dimensional stress level that is greater
than 1000 units the planet is in danger of exploding.
Many planets have intelligent native life that will move into your ground
base if they like your race. The natives may take actions to help you. Such as
provide cargo items, build ship parts and gather minerals. They pretty much do
what every they wish independent of your control.
Often times space junk will fall from space and provide raw minerals.
Contraband and natural growing foods can sometimes be found on some planets.
A ground base can attack other ground bases belonging to enemies on the
same planet, if they win they will gain all the enemies goods for their own base.
A planet can be destroyed by the Super Laser super weapon . The resulting asteroid field can be transformed back into a planet by the
Protomatter Cannon super weapon.