Surface temperatures of planets affecting ships hull integrity.

[Jumpin' Jack Flash]

Hi

With the soon to be realised planet landing features in 'Horizons' I was musing over the affect that a planets surface temperature will have on our ships Hulls & Equipment.
Given that (very roughly) the Earths average surface temperature is around the 200K mark I've noticed that some 'airless' worlds/planets are many times more or less than this.
So...will this mean that for some planets without atmospheres our ships will suffer heat or even maybe extreme cold/low temp. effect damage?.
For an example, will ships be limited (or not at all) to the time one can stay on a certain planets surface. It could be interesting in, for another example, Mining and the use of the SRV. How long can you afford to stay on the surface before your hull or the SRV's wheels start to melt!
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Am I right in assuming that 350-400K is about 100 degrees C?.. <Edit>.......sorry folks my original statement of 100 degrees C was a load of cobblers! ...I've just noticed that (after just booting up the game) that your ships hull temp. is given as a percentage. So a normal working temp. is about 28% to 30%. So it would be interesting to know really what 100% means actually in temperature, as real damage occurs at about 80% -100%?
Your thoughts?
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Jack

 

[Caramel Clown]

You can fly through star's corona or fly so far from it that temperature will reach almost absolute zero. Why would temperature on a planet suddenly have some additional effects?

 

[JosiahD]

I'm actually more interested in how they're planning to handle atmospheric pressure, when the time comes. There are some extremes out there with millions of (earth) atmospheres of pressure. While our ships can handle the stresses of supercruise speeds and hyperspace, I'm not sure the initial SRV we get could handle those sorts of atmospheric pressures. What variant of SRV will we need I wonder.....and I assume that as they clearly have an atmosphere to have such pressures, they'll be unavailable for landings for now.

 

[Caramel Clown]

I'm actually more interested in how they're planning to handle atmospheric pressure, when the time comes. There are some extremes out there with millions of (earth) atmospheres of pressure. While our ships can handle the stresses of supercruise speeds and hyperspace, I'm not sure the initial SRV we get could handle those sorts of atmospheric pressures. What variant of SRV will we need I wonder.....and I assume that as they clearly have an atmosphere to have such pressures, they'll be unavailable for landings for now.

I'm almost sure in one of the interviews David Braben hinted about different models of SRV) That can answer your question to some extent.

 

[JosiahD]

I'm almost sure in one of the interviews David Braben hinted about different models of SRV) That can answer your question to some extent.

That's what I expect too (you are correct as there will be other SFV variants to come) - and I wonder what the tradeoffs will be in order to accommodate the requirements of that SRV to handle the pressures (like trading cargo capacity for stronger bulkheads, or a large size limiting the ships that could carry such an SRV perhaps).

 

[Jumpin' Jack Flash]

I'm actually more interested in how they're planning to handle atmospheric pressure, when the time comes. There are some extremes out there with millions of (earth) atmospheres of pressure. While our ships can handle the stresses of supercruise speeds and hyperspace, I'm not sure the initial SRV we get could handle those sorts of atmospheric pressures. What variant of SRV will we need I wonder.....and I assume that as they clearly have an atmosphere to have such pressures, they'll be unavailable for landings for now.

That's a good point , coupled with high temperatures it must have an effect on your ships hull, in the previous games there was also the danger of corrosive atmospheres as well if I remember correctly, on some planets, affecting your ships hull etc.
I'd really like to know what the '100%' means on your hud readout though in relation to 'kelvin' or degrees C temperature scales, I don't suppose it clarifies that in any way either in the manual or other forum information, does it ? :S....
As a side note...just been thinking of when we're able to land on volcanic worlds/planets....I can't see that we'd get away scott free landing on an active lava field.
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Jack