(02-04-2013, 02:36 PM)Cris Wrote: I know of planet Yuma, but I think the lore behind it was completely changed so it could fit Colonial Republic development
It went from "bidding war between OS&C and synthfoods to colonize" to "DSE was kicked out of the system by pirates, and then CR found it and Libeerty had absolutely no problem with that", and so the colonization of Yuma was forgotten.
Liberty had no direct way to the planet. Only that survey ship in the system which took quite some time on conventional drives, got over there. When it was conveniently removed by pirate ships prior to the Colonials moving in (with jumphole knowledge provided either by the Zoners or IMG) Liberty was left with no direct route to enforce their claim. It'd take months for a ship to reach Coronado on conventional extrasolar travel without the jumpholes. Liberty doesn't know about the Cortez/Coronado hole IRPly, and prolly couldn't do much even if they did know. The system is beyond the independent worlds at the Bretonian border, not really part of Liberty space.
Yuma's lore is that it has megaflora that is VERY invasive and will decimate virtually any attempt at constructing groundbased facilities. Floating platforms on the oceans could remedy this for small populations but it makes life on the planet quite difficult. Imagine a tropical forest sized to where you're the size of an ant and you've got about the scale of that growth. Probably studied by DSE and CR for feasability as an ecological weapon, too...
(02-04-2013, 02:38 PM)Narcotic Wrote: As far as I know, Planet Sprague will be colonised and getting a docking ring in .87. See here.
Sprague was never "not colonized". It just needed specialized craft to make unassisted planetary landings when the docking ring was blown to bits. Seeing as the planet was off-limits at the time of the original campaign, this makes sense. It's feasability for supporting a large population was never really made clear though. Surface seems rather rocky - probably a world mainly made up of plains and deserts (but with easy access to clean water from the nearby Barrier outcroppings).
(02-04-2013, 02:39 PM)monmarfori Wrote: By technology, 22nd century one would take ~250 years, but since by lore technology is advanced Malta was colonized ~15 years so I think, why Atka failed to terraform.
Atka (in Hudson) didn't fail to terraform, but was put on hold, Planetform decided to pull out once the planet became the frontline between Liberty and Rheinland's conflict. You probably mean Ayr or Harris though. Ayr was in progress until Gallia rolled in - pushing ice comets into the atmosphere to thicken it and trigger a greenhouse effect on a dead planet. Harris, mostly same deal, although the dry condition requires cloudseeding to trigger precipitation.
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