View Single Post
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 04-May-2005, 12:20 AM
baric's Avatar
baric baric is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 472
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by TravisM
There's always the chance for mining planets that are un-inhabitable. You can have mining colonies that require supply ships (to bring the esentials from a neighboring system/planet.) That could go over for the gas giants as well, some kind of star wars like gas mining operation.
Actually, the idea of mining uncolonizable planets is on the table for a possible expansion. I haven't had a chance yet to work out the impact on the existing game mechanics, so it's still in the "nice to have" stage.
Reply With Quote