No Atmosphere but Not Landable

[Leadfoot]

Just curious about this one. Passenger mission, wants to go out to the Raxxla staging point, then turn around and head back home. Went down about 100-200 light years and headed back to the bubble. Came across this ammonia world.

Spoiler: Ammonia World

Odd thing:

Spoiler: Ammonia World Description

So, error, error, must exterminate? Marked as Ammonia world, but list says no atmosphere, not landable?

 

[Factabulous]

No ammonia worlds are landable ...

Edit: now ...

 

[Leadfoot]

So I have to assume the error is in the listing when it says "no atmosphere" since it's obvious there is, otherwise it wouldn't be listed as an "ammonia world." I'm sure FD will patch that up next week.

 

[yelboc]

you mean the CoR staging post?

 

[Darth Ender]

ammonia worlds can be no atmosphere if the ammonia oceans are frozen. There are plenty in the galaxy like this.

you can tell this planet physically has no atmo (not just a description error) because there are no clouds or any atmo visible (you'd see it scatter light when viewing the edge of the planet like any other planet with atmo)

edit, and you can't land on any non-atmo planet that has complex surfaces. No frozen ocean worlds. Nothing with real volcanic activity. nothing interesting.

 

[Leadfoot]

you mean the CoR staging post?

Yes, that one. I'm returning home from that location. Some guy, claims to be a famous explorer or something (never heard of him) wanted to go there and look at the beacon. Took him to a restaurant first, thought he said "bacon." We both enjoyed the bacon, though.

 

[VR CMDR Novindus]

Yes, that one. I'm returning home from that location. Some guy, claims to be a famous explorer or something (never heard of him) wanted to go there and look at the beacon. Took him to a restaurant first, thought he said "bacon." We both enjoyed the bacon, though.

I don’t know. I’d have been curious as to why the passenger specifically requested some naff bacon. You’d think with the amount they’re probably paying you they’d be in a position to dine on the good stuff.

 

[Rat Catcher]

The surface temperature is -140+ C... A bit chilly...

 

[Jukelo]

Horizons gives you access to airless icy or rocky planets, not all airless planets.

 

[[PS4] Filthymick420]

Players are able to land on four types of airless planets - rocky, metal, ice and rocky/metal - which make up 61% of the planet types in the Milky Way galaxy.

Planetary Landing

Planetary Landing is the act of landing with a ship on the surface of a terrestrial body. This requires a Planetary Approach Suite to land on planets without atmospheres, or an Advanced Planetary Approach Suite to land on planets with zero to tenuous atmospheres. Planetary landing with...

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[ManlyVIK]

I've found 2 airless ammonia worlds out in the black. Definitely a glitch.
If someone finds an airless gas giant I'll be speechless.

 

[Marc_Hicks]

Players are able to land on four types of airless planets - rocky, metal, ice and rocky/metal - which make up 61% of the planet types in the Milky Way galaxy.

Planetary Landing

Planetary Landing is the act of landing with a ship on the surface of a terrestrial body. This requires a Planetary Approach Suite to land on planets without atmospheres, or an Advanced Planetary Approach Suite to land on planets with zero to tenuous atmospheres. Planetary landing with...

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Is that 61% of known planets? Or is it 61% of Terrestrial Planets (i.e., non gas-giants)?

 

[[PS4] Filthymick420]

Unclear. I think 61% of planet types including gg, ww, aw and elw

 

[Oytis57]

Stellar Forge has many flaws,this is just one of them (how could it be called "Ammonia" if there's not an Ammonia full atmosphere?) but the non landable part is right since Ammonia worlds fall into that category .