Climate and Horticulture
The climate rating is a number ranging from 0 to 100. A rating of 0 is very
cold and a rating of 100 is very hot. Three important factors determine the
climate of a planet. The first is the heat from the star the planet orbits. The second is the heat from hyperdimensional stress . The third is from the green house gases and dust particles in the planet ' s atmosphere.
Most races need a planet with a climate rating of between 40 and 60 to have
working farms If the planet is too hot or too cold the farms will not produce food and
megacredits. The climate of a planet can be changed using a terraforming ground
structure or a terraforming ship in orbit around the planet.
The horticulture rating is the maximum number of farms that the planet can
support at once. It is a total of farms belonging to all races that can be
built on a planet. As new farms are built the planet ' s farm land is appropriated by that race reducing the amount of farm land
available to other races on the planet.