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Glowing Green Giants - The Definitive List
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The Codex does occasionally make mistakes in classification - "terraformable ammonia worlds" are a case in point - but not in this case, because the Codex, and the in-game description of the planet, agree that it's a GGG. That last sentence in the planet description is uniquely added to GGGs - it's a Class I Jovian, so it's supposed to be lifeless. So whatever criteria ED uses to detect GGGs, this one is passing the test. There might be only a single pixel of green on the planet's texture map, which would be invisible from orbit - but that's all it needs to qualify.
If anyone is at or going to that planet to search, try looking around the maroon patches - that's where any green is likely to be.
If anyone is at or going to that planet to search, try looking around the maroon patches - that's where any green is likely to be.
I'm at the planet at the moment. I'll look a bit harder and let you know if I find anything.
Indeed it does, and confirms that it is indeed a GGG. Not a very exciting one, but still one.
So half a day later, it rotated so that I was right infront of the spot.
Source: https://imgur.com/a/msTo8TW
It's tiny, but it's there.
Thanks you sooo much Mooing and Heavy!!! It's a tiny speck of a snot spot...but I'll take it. One more thing marked off of my ED bucket list.
Wow, that's incredibly tiny. Not something that you'd notice with a casual glance. I'm not sure I'd ever notice that if I were to "discover" one like this. I'd tag the planet and move on, completely unaware (except maybe the codex popup, but I often ignore the confirmations).
As we discover more and more of these, I'm sure they'll fall into "interesting" and "meh" categories.
So "carbon based algae" appears in every description for life-bearing gas giants (ammonia and water).
The phrases to look out for seem to be "this particular" and "luminous vapor".
Thank you CMDR Mooing for checking BLEIA DRYOAE UV-C C29-52.
My expedition was (temporary) halted by work and the dead of my battle station...
I was aware about this one (thank to the Codex), but i haven't travelled to it (for the moment. It's at 32kly).
There's another one at Hypao Chraea VQ-T d4-8 (so GGG n°16), my "next stop" (28kly...).
I hope it'll be more "satisfacting" than GGG n°15.
Have anyone (re)checked all the GGG (from the 3.3 patch), looking for K-10 anomaly lifeform ?
My expedition was (temporary) halted by work and the dead of my battle station...
I was aware about this one (thank to the Codex), but i haven't travelled to it (for the moment. It's at 32kly).
There's another one at Hypao Chraea VQ-T d4-8 (so GGG n°16), my "next stop" (28kly...).
I hope it'll be more "satisfacting" than GGG n°15.
Have anyone (re)checked all the GGG (from the 3.3 patch), looking for K-10 anomaly lifeform ?
I'm in the process of visiting all of the known GGG's right now and no Notable Stellar Phenomenon yet. Should I report them in this thread if I do find some?
Saddly, it's at ~160ls, and the view was not excellent. We can see the luminous rings but not really the green color :
I... I feel extremely ashamed of myself. I do nothing but visiting these planet and... i doesn't noticed.
So, i checked all of them :
GGG 1: Blua Hypa HT-F D12-1226 : vivid colouration - free floating radioplankton - carbon based algae
GGG 2: Bleia Dryiae HF-W b35-1 : vivid colouration - free floating radioplankton - carbon based algae
GGG 3: Col 285 Sector VU-M c8-1 : vivid colouration - free floating radioplankton - carbon based algae
GGG 4: Eol Prou KW-L c8-32 : vivid colouration - free floating radioplankton - carbon based algae
GGG 5: lost
GGG 6: Floasly TE-X d2-25 : Luminous vapour - upper atmosphere - extremophile bioluminescent life
GGG 7: Eafoff LN-Q d6-0 : free floating radioplankton - carbon based algae
GGG 8: Dryooe Prou FF-Z d696 : vivid colouration - free floating radioplankton - carbon based algae
GGG 9: Eimbaith LW-W e1-290 : vivid colouration - free floating radioplankton - carbon based algae
GGG 10: Boelts XH-C c29-854 : free floating radioplankton - carbon based algae
GGG 11: Gongae QW-L c24-0 : Luminous vapour - upper atmosphere - extremophile bioluminescent life
GGG 12: Nyeajaae IT-M c9-19 : free floating radioplankton - carbon based algae
GGG 13: Luminous vapour - upper atmosphere - extremophile bioluminescent life
In conclusion : there's 2 "type" of "green life" : extremophile bioluminescent life and carbon-based algae.
We can notice that GGG7 et GGG10 don't have a "vivid colouration" (and it's true), but GGG 12 lack this term too (maybe because it's a Class I like GG7 ?).
I made this little map to show the big picture of GGGG's.
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There's two icons in sector 27 but only one is known. Also Eafoff LN-Q d6-0 is GGG 7
Thanks for the visual assist, these old eyes don't work as well as they used to. I have updated GGG7 with the correct name on the map (post #194). As far as GGG16, it is in reference to Odengard's post #192, he is on his way out there to confirm it but it is in the CODEX. When I saw the message, I was like 18K LY out from it but decided to go to Colonia to turn in exploration data (1750 systems for about 500Mil).
Yes the Water Giant, no tubeworms, this was metallic crystals here.
