Hi fellow CMDRs
I would call myself a "intermediate" explorer. I've done a 20KLY round-trip jaunt up and down the Perseus Gap and I've seen many beautiful worlds with some pretty wild geography. I took a Cutter on the trip with a fighter bay and during the journey ended up addicted to taking the fighter out to canyon-carve and joy-ride to break up the space-madness
Upon returning to the bubble it left me with a question that I didn't know how to answer.
Is there any scientific / Astronomical methodology that can be sued to predict (in a ball-park manner) the kinds of geography that is on a given planet in a given system? Do systems with certain star-types tend to have higher collections of terrestrial worlds? If that isn't a reasonable metric, maybe once in-system are there certain types of characteristics that breed the kind of geography a canyon-carver is looking for?
For example, I've noticed that massive gas-giants with satellites tend to have planets with more interesting geography that are closest in orbit. I suspect the reason for this is the massive force of gravity exerted on the satellite during orbit creates tidal fissures in the planet's crust and tends to cause more striation, mountain ridges, etc...
Any other observations that veteran explorers might have picked up would be much appreciated. Ultimately I'd love to create a rule-set that can offer some reasonable predictions as to what I could find in a given system without grinding on detailed scans. Even if I could get to a %60 accuracy I would consider that a win.
For me the golden goose has always been methane-ice worlds with that white-blue tinge. Finding a canyon system at the planetary terminator where the main-star is low on the horizon and it's light diffuses through the ice and the sub-surface scattering effect can be seen is pure paradise. I could fly those planets for hours on end. It has become my zen. With luck there are some kindred spirits here who are also on the hunt for these elusive worlds.
I figure the worst thing that can come out of this thread is a list of discovered worlds with worthy canyons?
I've included some images from my previous travels to illustrate the kinds of worlds I'm on the hunt for.
Cheers CMDRS
-EJIRO
I would call myself a "intermediate" explorer. I've done a 20KLY round-trip jaunt up and down the Perseus Gap and I've seen many beautiful worlds with some pretty wild geography. I took a Cutter on the trip with a fighter bay and during the journey ended up addicted to taking the fighter out to canyon-carve and joy-ride to break up the space-madness
Upon returning to the bubble it left me with a question that I didn't know how to answer. Is there any scientific / Astronomical methodology that can be sued to predict (in a ball-park manner) the kinds of geography that is on a given planet in a given system? Do systems with certain star-types tend to have higher collections of terrestrial worlds? If that isn't a reasonable metric, maybe once in-system are there certain types of characteristics that breed the kind of geography a canyon-carver is looking for?
For example, I've noticed that massive gas-giants with satellites tend to have planets with more interesting geography that are closest in orbit. I suspect the reason for this is the massive force of gravity exerted on the satellite during orbit creates tidal fissures in the planet's crust and tends to cause more striation, mountain ridges, etc...
Any other observations that veteran explorers might have picked up would be much appreciated. Ultimately I'd love to create a rule-set that can offer some reasonable predictions as to what I could find in a given system without grinding on detailed scans. Even if I could get to a %60 accuracy I would consider that a win.
For me the golden goose has always been methane-ice worlds with that white-blue tinge. Finding a canyon system at the planetary terminator where the main-star is low on the horizon and it's light diffuses through the ice and the sub-surface scattering effect can be seen is pure paradise. I could fly those planets for hours on end. It has become my zen. With luck there are some kindred spirits here who are also on the hunt for these elusive worlds.
I figure the worst thing that can come out of this thread is a list of discovered worlds with worthy canyons?
I've included some images from my previous travels to illustrate the kinds of worlds I'm on the hunt for.
Cheers CMDRS
-EJIRO
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