PFI| - Planetform's future

[notequinoxe]

Well, I'll start by saying that some time ago I was really tempted of joining Planetform. Only thing that put me off was that there was no one around(save for the occasional Glouchester appearance). I must say that the Planetform concept is a huge platform for good roleplay.

Terra-forming is an awesome concept, it takes huge resources and time to attempt such a task. It would require lots of research bases, huge ships as mobile laboratories, and who knows what else. Not only the terra-forming gases and the alien organisms you guys seem to import.

Alien organisms is a good commodity you guys can use. Given the fact that Samura is exporting this (and in the future Kishiro may be getting into extraction/ terra-forming business with the aid of GMG) the only other source you can turn to are the Zoners (those that still remain, and they wanna play as such, not only trade). Also, you cannot get to any zoner base that sells them. You'd have to pass either the Omegas, Kusari, or higher omicrons, all routes swarming with guys that would love to see you go boom.
So you need to either import it from somewhere with low or no risk at a low price(if you want to make some money) or talk to the zoners to ship them for you (mostly roleplay)

Also, Hydrocarbons can be imported to the planets that are icy deserts, burning them planet-side would release greenhouse gases that would lead to warming and melting of the ice.
Maybe some nuclear devices, which exploded at right depth could trigger some volcanoes erupting and creating some land mass, if there isn't enough of it.

Silver for planets that are arid deserts, a silver nitrogen oxide is used to create rain in the higher atmosphere (unsure of that, I remember reading some sort of thing on the subject a while ago, I may be wrong) and maybe diamonds for orbital platforms/satellite lasers that could melt the polar ice caps

Also, I think an ID bonus for water/oxygen might help.

And for the last thing, I don't think moving Gaian wildlife is appropriate for the goal of terra-forming. Ethics aside, if you move one ecosystem to another planet, the plants/ animals may not adapt and die. If you use them, a IRP way must be found so that depleting an eco-system cannot be held against you. Goes against the principle you operate to.

Sorry for the wall'o'text

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