Planetoid[]

Planetoids are the largest celestial bodies in the game. They contain larger amounts of raw resources than can be found in asteroids or islands as well as raw resources that cannot be found in any other location. Resources that can be found on a planetoid include those found in asteroids and islands as well as unique materials such as titanium and uranium.

They have four distinct characteristics that determine their appearance: terrain type, shape, landform, and overall size. Terrain type dictates the climate and biome of the planetoid, with some current examples being frozen, sand, and moss. The shape characteristic of the planetoid determines its general shape. This includes shapes such as donut(torus), bowl, bullet, and spheroid. The landform characteristic modifies the shape of the planetoid based on its set type. These modifications include flat, hilly, and wavy. The final characteristic determines both the overall size of the planetoid.

The amount and types of resources that can spawn on a planetoid are not yet known, TBD. It is currently assumed to be based on the terrain type and size.

Planetoids can be discovered in the game map and can be reached once the engines technology has been researched and access to electric thrusters is available. A player is able to connect to a planetoid with the use of docking stations which then add the planetoid to the player's colony, or indeed a colony can be built on (or burrowed into) a planetoid right from the start. Planetoids can be chained together with the use of docking stations to create larger colony sizes.

Characteristics[]

Terrain Type[]

Type	Description	Example
Frozen	Covered in white snow. May have ice-covered rock pillars.
Gravel	Gritty gray soil with patches of green. May have palm trees or vine trees.
Moss	Verdant green soil. May have vine trees or conifer trees. May have brown rock pillars.
Mud	Mottled brown soil. Generally barren but may have palm trees.
Sand	Sandy tan soil. May have palm trees or cacti.
Volcanic	Ashy dark soil. May have black rocks. Scattered with small fumaroles. In later universes, may have gas craters.
Later universes only
Acid	Burnt gray-green soil. Grows corals. May have gas craters.
Coral Desert	As Sand, but with coral instead of cacti
Giant Plants	Sandy yellow-orange soil. Covered with thick-trunked red-leafed trees.
Ice	Terrain composed mostly of ice, with small amounts of white soil.
Orange Desert	Orange sandy soil. May have cacti.
Pink	Pinkish-gray stony soil. Grows corals.
Red	Colorful red soil. Generally barren. May have gas craters.
Violet	Streaky purple soil. Spiky bionic growths and gnarled flowering bushes. Only terrain with Amethyst.

Shape[]

Type	Description	Example
Boomerang	As Donut, but the hole is enormous, leaving only a curved slice of rim.
Bowl	Flat with a shallowly depressed center.
Bullet	Flat and elongated.
Cauliflower	Carved into fantastical canyons and overhangs.
Crater	Ellipsoidal with a deeply depressed center.
Donut(Torus)	Flat with a large conical hole through it.
Ellipsoid	Shallowly rounded top and bottom.
Fang	Flat with a large point on one side and a deeply pointed bottom
Spheroid	Fully rounded top and bottom.
Spike	Flat with a large conical mountain in the center.

Landform[]

Type	Modifier	Example
Flat	No hills.
Hilly	Tall hills.
Wavy	Low hills.

Size[]

Type	Modifier	Example
Small
Medium
Large