Moons?

Bringth us the moons u cant b e serious asteroids dont orbit planets they crash into them moons orbit planets thus asteroid should be renamed "Moon"

[RealJames]

Originally posted by Dreadnought!
Bringth us the moons u cant b e serious asteroids dont orbit planets they crash into them moons orbit planets thus asteroid should be renamed "Moon"

I hate to say it, but we don't have many spaceships or laser guns either.

Originally posted by RealJames
I hate to say it, but we don't have many spaceships or laser guns either.

Moons fs :/ not asteroids only a nub planet owner would have roids :/

Moons are the new roids :/

[mbushell]

I think the idea is that your planet is so technologically advanced it can put an asteroid in orbit with itself using strong magnetic beams or wotnot.

[RealJames]

Originally posted by Dreadnought!
Moons fs :/ not asteroids only a nub planet owner would have roids :/

Moons are the new roids :/

Can I put mines on them, like in Frontier: Elite?

Originally posted by RealJames
Can I put mines on them, like in Frontier: Elite?

YES

[RealJames]

Originally posted by Dreadnought!
YES

W00t! Elite pwns.

[Mushroom]

i think a problem may arise with this, because lots of PA clones have already got roids as Moons, to try and persuade us that they're not really trying to mimic PA, oh no

[RealJames]

Whilst roidage sounds cool moonage conjures up imagines of buttocks on display.

[Scaggydo]

Originally posted by RealJames
Whilst roidage sounds cool moonage conjures up imagines of buttocks on display.

ack.. new year, moonage and the rest.. :/

[RealJames]

Originally posted by Scaggydo
ack.. new year, moonage and the rest.. :/

I got a lovely photo from a night out where a mate of mine decided his buttocks would make a better photo than his face. Unfortunately we also got an outline of his undercarriage.

mooning the new roiding

i got "mooned" last night

[Scaggydo]

Originally posted by RealJames
I got a lovely photo from a night out where a mate of mine decided his buttocks would make a better photo than his face. Unfortunately we also got an outline of his undercarriage.

i think me stood on a chair flicking the light on and off, drunk as a lord with a plastic cup wedged between...

heh, mind, not as bad as Fedaykin at my NY party last yr


well, my gf was seriously pissed at me the next day :/

[mbushell]

Originally posted by Dreadnought!
mooning the new roiding

i got "mooned" last night

Ouch, good point.

[RealJames]

Originally posted by Scaggydo
i think me stood on a chair flicking the light on and off, drunk as a lord with a plastic cup wedged between...

heh, mind, not as bad as Fedaykin at my NY party last yr


well, my gf was seriously pissed at me the next day :/

What lovely mental pictures.

[ParraCida]

Asteroids do not crash into planets

COMETS DO


big difference

[Spoonman]

Originally posted by ParraCida
Asteroids do not crash into planets

COMETS DO


big difference

especially if your standing next to one

[Ultramar]

Originally posted by ParraCida
Asteroids do not crash into planets

COMETS DO


big difference

Have u not seen Armageddon??

[RealJames]

Originally posted by ParraCida
Asteroids do not crash into planets

COMETS DO


big difference

What's the technical term for what orbits Mars? Are they moons or asteroids? Or both?

Originally posted by Ultramar
Have u not seen Armageddon??

Nope. Any good?

[Pitchfork]

well, afaik there are planets sourrounded by asteroids. Look at these beautiful rings around Saturn e.g. imho they are asteroids. In fact I didn't hear about a planet sourrounded by thousands of moons, that would cause some serious problems with gravitation as moons are bigger than asteroids.

[RealJames]

Originally posted by Pitchfork
well, afaik there are planets sourrounded by asteroids. Look at these beautiful rings around Saturn e.g. imho they are asteroids. In fact I didn't hear about a planet sourrounded by thousands of moons, that would cause some serious problems with gravitation as moons are bigger than asteroids.

True, but Saturn isn't very habitable. I doubt Earth could sustain a belt like that.

What about Moons just being bigger roids? Theres less chance of finding them then roids and give you more resources.

[Scouse]

Dread, is this what they teach you at Aber?

[phjvp]

Originally posted by ParraCida
Asteroids do not crash into planets

COMETS DO


big difference

Unfortunately, asteroids can and do crash into planets. It just doesn't happen very often

As for the difference between moons and asteroids, moons orbit around a planet, asteroids don't. The moons of Mars are no different to many asteroids, but are called moons.

[Al_zz]

There is a complete asteroid belt in our solar system . I think somewhere between Mars and Saturn. This is the place to find mineable asteroids. Chances of finding any amount of decent resources on them are very poor though unless you are looking for water and rock.

Next to the asteroid belt a lot of asteroids are in orbit around planets like in the case of Saturn and a few of the other gas giants who have the biggest attraction to object in the solar system. The planets have cleaned up most other sources of asteroids in the solar system in their 4 billion years of circleling the earth to which the many craters on some plentsand moons still show the scars.

A third main group of asteroids is in orbit around the sun generally on huge elips trajectories that take them far outside the solar system to return only now and then. Those contain the comets. If those asteroids are partly made up of frozen gasses they release some of those when their trajectories are closest to the sun showing the comets tail. Most however are also dead pieces of rock with no more gas or liquids to lose and those are the ones who could form the most dangerous risk to Earth. Because of their trajectories they are at extremely high speeds when they come close to the sun (and earth) and virtually invisible as they could come from everywhere and not only from areas being watched because of other interesting object in them.

hAl

[mens]

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplan...asteroids.html

[Nem3sis]

why not call asteroids donkeys?

[Makhil]

The term 'planet' is the one not correct in PA...
PA is the universe, there are clusters, then galaxies. Each member of a galaxy should control a 'solar system' not a planet. Then the problem of 'roids/moons' is solved.

[Scaggydo]

Originally posted by Makhil
The term 'planet' is the one not correct in PA...
PA is the universe, there are clusters, then galaxies. Each member of a galaxy should control a 'solar system' not a planet. Then the problem of 'roids/moons' is solved.

in any solar system only one or at most 2 planets will be habtable by intelligent lifeforms due to the dorrect conditions only existing in a small belt a certain distance from its star. hence the term planet is correct.. would u wanna live on venus?

[RealJames]

Originally posted by Makhil
The term 'planet' is the one not correct in PA...
PA is the universe, there are clusters, then galaxies. Each member of a galaxy should control a 'solar system' not a planet. Then the problem of 'roids/moons' is solved.

tbh I think you're being a little picky. As was said above only the (fool)hardliest of us would try to enhabit any planet in the Sol system other than Earth. Moreover a lot of systems probably contain no inhabitable planets, so listing inhabited planets in a galaxy is in my mind entirely sensible.

How they all just happen to be the same size....

[mbushell]

Originally posted by Scaggydo
in any solar system only one or at most 2 planets will be habtable by intelligent lifeforms due to the dorrect conditions only existing in a small belt a certain distance from its star. hence the term planet is correct.. would u wanna live on venus?

We've 4 imaginary races remember.

[RealJames]

Originally posted by mbushell
We've 4 imaginary races remember.

Don't forget the space ships and laser guns.

[woze]

hem-roids
^^

yes but remember this is a fictionous game.

cant keep it " down to earth"

my best guess is that our 1 planet revolves around 1 sun thus making it more easier to have about 15,000 "asteroids" revolving around it..

since our " solar system" is so small it makes it easier for out errm " spaceships and lasers" to make it there faster. hence the fast eta

and since the distance between gals is close inside of a cluster faster eta.. etc for the universe deal

technicllly when a "small" peice of rock orbits a planet that is to small to be considered a "mooN" it is called a satilite.. but i dare not introduce this idea.. less i be flamed for implying pa copy its own clone ^_^

instead i open another topic:

i dont see how "roids" can keep putting out so much resource for such a long time somethign that small has to run out of resources in a short amount of time.. if something as small as a pod can transport it..

i suggest they change it to " harness the black hole" as far as we are in with " 4 races" and cloaking and scifiness..

lets go ahead and use teh black hole as a source of energy instead of an asteroid we can find some way of converting the energy put out by the minture black holes and turning them into r10 resources ( i here the names of the resources will change )

for now lets still call it crystal and metal..
we harness "miniture black holes" instead of tiny asteroids which obviously are to small to put out so much resources for so long.. while the black hole is infinite..

plus would give the game a real great inovative and " different " touch..

[Makhil]

Originally posted by Scaggydo
in any solar system only one or at most 2 planets will be habtable by intelligent lifeforms due to the dorrect conditions only existing in a small belt a certain distance from its star. hence the term planet is correct.. would u wanna live on venus?

A solar system has the scale needed to include thousands of (aste)roids... not a planet.
Anyway, in a future where spaceships can travel between galaxies, i think we could be able to have permanent settlements on the moon, Mars (it could even have been terraformed) and maybe some moons around Jupiter and Saturn.
If I was to follow your remark, a planet would not be the correct term to use either, as the oceans (3/4 of our planet) are not habitable... we should speak of 'continents' instead...

Originally posted by RealJames
Don't forget the space ships and laser guns.

The U.S allready have massivly powerful lasers on 747's as part of the "Star Wars" program they aim to melt the system on a nuclear rocket before it reaches its terminal/mid phases

<This is actually true >

[RealJames]

Originally posted by Dreadnought!
The U.S allready have massivly powerful lasers on 747's as part of the "Star Wars" program they aim to melt the system on a nuclear rocket before it reaches its terminal/mid phases

<This is actually true >

*puts spaceship on his next Xmas list and hopes*

[Scaggydo]

Originally posted by Dreadnought!
The U.S allready have massivly powerful lasers on 747's as part of the "Star Wars" program they aim to melt the system on a nuclear rocket before it reaches its terminal/mid phases

<This is actually true >

use the force my son.. George Bush Skywalker, enemy of tyranny and oppresion..

[Satoeng]

Originally posted by Dreadnought!
Bringth us the moons u cant b e serious asteroids dont orbit planets they crash into them moons orbit planets thus asteroid should be renamed "Moon"

In a time were they have technologies to beam stolen roids in an instant to your homeworld they sure have something to keep them from crashing onto your planet

[hAl]

Who says they are transported in an instant. Only thing you know is that they start to produce for you immediatly after you captured them.

Mayby you just store the resources on the asteroid during its long voyage to your planet and them lend the resources to produce ships with the stored resources as collateral.

hAl

[RealJames]

Originally posted by hAl
Mayby you just store the resources on the asteroid during its long voyage to your planet and them lend the resources to produce ships with the stored resources as collateral.

If I had these resources to lend I'd spend them.

Anyway, you don't get resource from them the tick you capture them if I recall right. (It's been too long without a planet. )

[Satoeng]

Originally posted by hAl
Who says they are transported in an instant. Only thing you know is that they start to produce for you immediatly after you captured them.

Mayby you just store the resources on the asteroid during its long voyage to your planet and them lend the resources to produce ships with the stored resources as collateral.

hAl

at least you can use those resources in an instant to produce new ships (on your homeworld), so some beaming of any kind must be happening there

[Bongdage]

Originally posted by hAl
Who says they are transported in an instant. Only thing you know is that they start to produce for you immediatly after you captured them.

Mayby you just store the resources on the asteroid during its long voyage to your planet and them lend the resources to produce ships with the stored resources as collateral.

hAl

im pretty sure theres an explanation somewhere in the manual about this, apparently apods open up black holes and escape through them and are instantly transported back to your planet, some crap like that, not entirely sure though.

[Satoeng]

Originally posted by Bongdage
im pretty sure theres an explanation somewhere in the manual about this, apparently apods open up black holes and escape through them and are instantly transported back to your planet, some crap like that, not entirely sure though.

hehe, the pods are still in use for more ticks. but maybe just the roids get transported. i am not that picky though anyways

[woze]

pa logic = needs no explaation..

if you dont like the way your roids work.. ill be happy to take them off your hands ^^

[Scaggydo]

Originally posted by Satoeng
hehe, the pods are still in use for more ticks. but maybe just the roids get transported. i am not that picky though anyways

when apods didnt survive they crashed into the roid and blasted thru a black hole to ure planet. now they do i guess they just tractor beam the roid into the black hole then go look for another one..

[Azof]

We could just call them satellites, and be done with it.

This thread is getting a cult status :/

[Scaggydo]

Originally posted by Dreadnought!
This thread is getting a cult status :/

"Bump" ?

[Borgoroth]

Originally posted by Zeaus
What about Moons just being bigger roids? Theres less chance of finding them then roids and give you more resources.

Before I read that I thought I had made a great invention and moved PA to a new age.
What if there would be some bigger asteroids called moons? They would cost more and also produce more. There could also be bigger moonpods to capture, CR/BS class. Maybe BS as there is already CR-pods.
Just my 5 cents.

[Wishmaster]

There could be like 5% chance of getting moons when u search for 'roids' I f u are lucky and get moons, they will f.ex give u the duble income or maybe more.
Maybe 500 of all resources??They could be capped the same way as others..or maybe make a moon pode..as mentioned a BS class pod.