The "Old Worlds and Cold Worlds" expedition

MarcusVatta

MarcusVatta
I haven't, up until now, been one to post exploration reports on this forum. However, I'm so stoked about the exploration potential of "Dangerous Horizons" that I thought I'd share my intended expedition, and see if I can't stick to a regular posting schedule with pics and the like. So, without further ado, here's the plan:

Old Worlds and Cold Worlds
Vision: To land on some of the oldest worlds in an area to be determined approx. 2k ly from sol.
Method: Planets cannot be older than their parent star, so to find the oldest worlds, finding the oldest stars is a good start. So I will be travelling to a white dwarf star approx. 2k ly from sol, and then hopping from white dwarf to white dwarf, as well as to other end sequence stars, such as Neutron Stars, and surveying the planets there.
Why, you crazy person?: Stellar forge builds the planets from planetesimals, simulating the planet and creating and eroding geologic layers throughout the planet's history. The older the planet, the more history it has had, and in theory, the more interesting it is. Also, old worlds seem less likely to have atmosphere.
When will you go?: As soon as Horizons drops.
When will you return?: I will begin my homeward journey on or after March 31. Or sooner, if I have to.
How often will you post about it?:Weekly. Fridays, I'm thinking. I'm focusing on sciency geology and epic photos.


I'll post fittings and ship pics before I leave. FYI, I'm planning to take my current exploration ship, the Type 6 "Killashandra Ree". I'm going to splurge on a new paint job though.
 
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MarcusVatta

MarcusVatta
Not sure. Part of why I explore is for the solitude. Another part is to see things no one else has seen. That's why I don't sign up into the big groups. But, if it turns out I'm reasonably close, I'll drop in.
 

Mengy

Mengy
MarcusVatta said:
Why, you crazy person?: Stellar forge builds the planets from planetesimals, simulating the planet and creating and eroding geologic layers throughout the planet's history. The older the planet, the more history it has had, and in theory, the more interesting it is. Also, old worlds seem less likely to have atmosphere.
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That's an interesting concept, one I'd not considered before. I'll have to keep an eye out for very old stars.
 

Edelgard von Rhein

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Interesting idea. A couple of suggestions: the UC record breakers website will show you the where the oldest stars of each type are to be found. Hopefully you can add to it, though! Also, neutron stars and black holes form as a result of extremely massive stars undergoing a core-collapse supernova: these stars live very short lives (a couple of million years at most). There might be some neutron stars and black holes that have been around a while but I've no idea how the game determines the age of a single black hole (there's no way to do this in real life unless you are able to observe traces of the original supernova, e.g. through light echoes). Therefore, I'm not sure that you would be more likely to find old stars by searching for neutron stars and black holes. My suggestion would be to look for orange/red giant stars (and white dwarfs) as these will be the result of longer-lived low-mass stars reaching the end of their lives.
Good luck with your search! It will be interesting to see if you find traces of long-dead civilisations, or perhaps they will just be dormant!
 

CMDR AKIRA MASAKARI

CMDR AKIRA MASAKARI
The game caluclates the age of stars upon their "formation". So a black hole "age" encompasses the period of time from when the black hole formed, excluding the age of the various stages the stars that formed it undergone.
So a Bh of 1 Mil years means the supernova that formed it happened 1 mil year ago, an no info of what was there before is in the age. And by the Star Forge works all the planets in the system have 1mil year age.

Similarly, a Red Giant Age is from when the previous star went Giant, and all the planets in the system have same age. Also Red Giants are class M, and Orange Giants are Class K, but they come from brighter stars that changed their spectrum after they went giant. The universe is too young for a K class or belove to reach the end of their lives. A K class lives 30bil year minimum, lower classes for longer (M can live 150bil years). The universe is 13,4bil years old.

For these reasons Brown Dwarf Stars could be a better choice to look for old worlds.

So basically any non sequence comes from an object that lived for a short period of time, if compared to a K, M, L, T, Y, YY.
OFC some Brown Dwarf could have formed yesterday, but in theory if you want to look for old planets they are the best to look at.
 
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