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So now it's time to shop for a suitable planet. You have read up on what is made from of what on the [[Setting up a planetary colony]] page, and you have decided to make something. Now you need to find one or more planets that will keep your assembly line going. As you might expect, the abundance of resources on a planet is affected by the system's Security Status, but this is not the only consideration. If you want to make a whole product chain on one planet, you need to look at the mix of resources available too. | |||
So now it's time to shop for a suitable planet. You have read up on what is made from of what on the [[ | |||
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To start off, let us make this simple and look at the abundance of something that will always require more than one planet, which means you can focus on just the one resource. Lava planets are the only source of Felsmic Magma, which is processed into Silicon. Below is a sampling of various lava planets of different security levels. | To start off, let us make this simple and look at the abundance of something that will always require more than one planet, which means you can focus on just the one resource. Lava planets are the only source of Felsmic Magma, which is processed into Silicon. Below is a sampling of various lava planets of different security levels. | ||
In highsec, you will note that | In highsec, you will note that Loguttur II and Aldrat I are singularly poor examples of Lava planets, having pretty much no Felsmic Magma at all, while Vullat IV is a rather good Lava Planet, having deposits that rival a lot of lower security systems in the highsec class. In any case though, you are not very likely to find any Lava Planets with huge supplies of Felsmic Magma, but if you look around, you can find some fairly decent ones. | ||
Moving to lowsec, we can see that Erstet VIII has no more Felsmic Magma than Vullat IV, despite having all the attached dangers of low security space. On the other hand, Erstet II has about double the abundance of the high sec systems. However, if we are going to dabble around in low sec, we might as well go all-in and jump to Egmar, Helgatild, or Todifrauan. | Moving to lowsec, we can see that Erstet VIII has no more Felsmic Magma than Vullat IV, despite having all the attached dangers of low security space. On the other hand, Erstet II has about double the abundance of the high sec systems. However, if we are going to dabble around in low sec, we might as well go all-in and jump to Egmar, Helgatild, or Todifrauan. | ||
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This one is simple. They can only be found on Temperate worlds, however if looking in High Sec, shop for your world a little carefully. | This one is simple. They can only be found on Temperate worlds, however if looking in High Sec, shop for your world a little carefully. | ||
=== Base Metals (Reactive | === Base Metals (Reactive Metals) === | ||
Summary: Barren, Gas, Storm | Summary: Barren, Gas, Storm | ||
These can be found on Gas, Storm, Barren, Plasma, and Lava Planets, but the best abundance in our sample is on Barren, Gas, and Storm. However, none of them give really horrible abundances. | These can be found on Gas, Storm, Barren, Plasma, and Lava Planets, but the best abundance in our sample is on Barren, Gas, and Storm. However, none of them give really horrible abundances. | ||
=== Carbon Compounds (Biofuels) === | === Carbon Compounds (Biofuels) === | ||
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These can be found on Barren, Temperate, and Oceanic worlds. There are pretty good yields on all three, but the most consistent abundances are on Temperate. However, Oceanic worlds have the variability seen in Aqueous Liquids on Temperate worlds, so you could get fantastic abundance, or very little. | These can be found on Barren, Temperate, and Oceanic worlds. There are pretty good yields on all three, but the most consistent abundances are on Temperate. However, Oceanic worlds have the variability seen in Aqueous Liquids on Temperate worlds, so you could get fantastic abundance, or very little. | ||
=== Complex Organisms (Proteins) === | === Complex Organisms (Proteins) === | ||
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This can only be found on Lava worlds, but the high sec survey suggests that the best option might be start shopping in Low Sec or 0.0 if you want to get decent yields. | This can only be found on Lava worlds, but the high sec survey suggests that the best option might be start shopping in Low Sec or 0.0 if you want to get decent yields. | ||
=== Heavy Metals (Toxic Metals) === | === Heavy Metals (Toxic Metals) === | ||
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These can be found on Ice, Lava, and Plasma worlds, but the best yields seem to be on Ice worlds. | These can be found on Ice, Lava, and Plasma worlds, but the best yields seem to be on Ice worlds. | ||
=== Ionic Solutions (Electrolytes) === | === Ionic Solutions (Electrolytes) === | ||
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These can be found on Ice and Ocean worlds, in about equal abundances. | These can be found on Ice and Ocean worlds, in about equal abundances. | ||
=== Reactive Gas (Oxidizing Compound) === | === Reactive Gas (Oxidizing Compound) === | ||
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* Nanites come from Micro Organisms and Base Metals, a combination only available on Barren worlds. | * Nanites come from Micro Organisms and Base Metals, a combination only available on Barren worlds. | ||
Note that Eygfe III would be a good planet to produce Test Cultures, since it has equal parts Micro Organisms (makes Bacteria) and Aquaeous Liquid (makes Water), meaning that you are not filling your storage with extra stuff you do not need. This would of course depend on the exact distribution of those two resources as well as their abundance. If we found a planet that has 30% Aqueous Liquids, and 30% Micro | Note that Eygfe III would be a good planet to produce Test Cultures, since it has equal parts Micro Organisms (makes Bacteria) and Aquaeous Liquid (makes Water), meaning that you are not filling your storage with extra stuff you do not need. This would of course depend on the exact distribution of those two resources as well as their abundance. If we found a planet that has 30% Aqueous Liquids, and 30% Micro Organisms, this is a good choice. However, what if we found a planet with 30% Aqueous Liquids and 40% Micro Organisms. If we are willing to collect the excess Micro Organisms on a regular basis, we can produce the Test Cultures, and have a small amount of extra revenue selling Bacteria to producers of Nanites, sited on Barren worlds where the abundance of Micro Organisms is less than on the Oceanic world we chose. (We obviously would not be selling to people on Aldrat II, III, or IV, who have chosen a good planet for making Nanites (equal quantities of Micro Organisms and Base Metals), threatening to make this an appallingly poor teaching example.) | ||
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File:PI_Barren6-Aldrat_IV.png | File:PI_Barren6-Aldrat_IV.png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
= Planet Radius = | = Planet Radius = | ||
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This will take scanning and placement of actual extractors, so it will take more in-person work than the resource bars, since that can be done by anybody anywhere without any sort of skills. | This will take scanning and placement of actual extractors, so it will take more in-person work than the resource bars, since that can be done by anybody anywhere without any sort of skills. | ||
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