Planet type
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Modifier
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Effects
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Can be upgraded to
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Description
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Alpine
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Sub-mantle frozen gas pockets
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- -25% minerals from jobs
- +50% building cost
- +1 exotic gas
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Mapped sub-mantle frozen gas pockets
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Large quantities of exotic gases lie inside the mantle of the planet. Frequent eruptions make any mining effort very difficult.
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Mapped sub-mantle frozen gas pockets
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- +25% building cost
- +5 exotic gas
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Exploited sub-mantle frozen gas pockets
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Large quantities of exotic gases lie inside the mantle of the planet. Knowing their exact positions makes us profit from this situation and limits disruptions.
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Exploited sub-mantle frozen gas pockets
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- +10% minerals from jobs
- +10 exotic gas
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Large quantities of exotic gases lying inside the mantle of the planet have been moved to easily accessible locations and are being exploited extensively.
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Arctic
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Polar supercells
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- -25% energy from jobs
- +100% building maintenance
- +10% physics research
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Predictable polar supercells
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Atmospheric supercells are forming at the poles and cause extreme low temperature spikes all around the planet.
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Predictable polar supercells
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- +50% building maintenance
- +25% physics research
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Controlled polar supercells
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Polar supercells forms and moves in predictable patterns, limiting damages to the electric grid.
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Controlled polar supercells
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- +10% energy from jobs
- +50% physics research
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With total control of the polar supercells we reap the benefits using them as a planetary coolant flow.
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Tundra
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Perennial fog
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- -25% food from jobs
- -50% amenities
- +10% society research
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Circadian mist
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Large parts of the planet are almost constantly covered by a thick fog.
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Circadian mist
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- -25% amenities
- +25% society research
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Fertile Vapors
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A constant on this planet: mist in the mornings and in the evenings - but it kinda gives this place some real charm, if you're a goth person...
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Fertile Vapors
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- +10% food from jobs
- +50% society research
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The perennial mists of the planet are enriched with bio-nutrients, and are a boon for the agri-business!
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Continental
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Tectonic fractures
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- -25% minerals from jobs
- +50% building cost
- +1 rare crystals
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Predictive seismic systems
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A lot of underground magmatic activities are causing the continents to fracture and recompose unpredictably and dangerously, but it creates an abundance of very rare minerals.
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Predictive seismic systems
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- +25% building cost
- +5 rare crystals
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Magma tunnels
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A vast network of sensors let us know if and when the next fracture will happen, reducing damages and increasing our chances to collect useful stuff.
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Magma tunnels
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- +10% minerals from jobs
- +10 rare crystals
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Artificial magma chambers have been built all across the planet, and have reduced any annoyance to a minimum level, while increasing tha minerals output!
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Ocean
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Ocean vortexes
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- -25% energy from jobs
- +100% building maintenance
- +10% physics research
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Vortex Equations
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This planet's oceans are in a perennial state of spinning and dangerous vortexes can appear suddenly.
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Vortex Equations
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- +50% building maintenance
- +25% physics research
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Controlled Vortexes
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By solving the complex equations linked to the ocean vortexes, and adapting our colonial effort to it, we learnt how to prevent the worst issues.
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Controlled Vortexes
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- +10% energy from jobs
- +50% physics research
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The ocean vortexes are totally controlled by us, making it possible to extract large amounts of energy from the process.
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Tropical
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Bacterial pathogen
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- -25% food from jobs
- -50% amenities
- +10% society research
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Exogen adaptation
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The lush evironment and the hot and wet climate are an ideal colture ground for some very aggressive bacterial parasites. Non endemic flora suffer as a consequence.
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Exogen adaptation
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- -25% amenities
- +25% society research
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Full flora-bacteria adaptation
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The flora we introduced is adapting to the bacterial life-forms of this planet.
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Full flora-bacteria adaptation
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- +10% food from jobs
- +50% society research
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Exogen flora and endogen agents are fully adapted to each other.
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Arid
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Sudden rainfalls
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- -25% minerals from jobs
- +50% building cost
- +10% +10% engineering research
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Rainfalls prediction algorithms
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Prolonged droughts are usually interrupted by massive and unpredictable rainfalls.
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Rainfalls prediction algorithms
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- +25% building cost
- +25% +10% engineering research
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Controlled environment
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Patterns of rainfalls have been discovered, and taken advantage of.
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Controlled environment
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- +10% minerals from jobs
- +50% +10% engineering research
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The rain/drought cycle of this planet is under our full control.
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Desert
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Dust storms
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- -25% energy from jobs
- +100% building maintenance
- +1 Volatile Motes
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Dust-rich streams
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The composition of this planet's sands make it very easy to see the formation of very large desert devils.
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Dust-rich streams
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- +50% building maintenance
- +5 Volatile Motes
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Pure dust flows
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This planet's dust storm are rich in volatile motes.
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Pure dust flows
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- +10% energy from jobs
- +10 Volatile Motes
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The wind-streams separate volatile motes from dirt. Very useful.
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Savannah
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Bush wildfires
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- -25% food from jobs
- -50% amenities
- +10% society research
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Limited fires
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Dangerous wildfires run rampant on the vast savannah, putting a strain on the local flora and fauna.
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Limited fires
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- -25% amenities
- +25% society research
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Controlled bushfires
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This planet's vast savannahs are broken up at regular intervals, making bushfires more manageable.
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Controlled bushfires
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- +10% food from jobs
- +50% society research
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A controlled fire-reborn cycle makes flora and fauna thrive.
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