class's of planets

I don't understand what the meaning of the class of planet is.

For example,
k,m and so on.

Also i have had an idea that u could buy planets and moons.u could buy defence fleets and make your own GM.
What do u think???????

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Buying planets would be cool but dambed expensive you could build your empire peacefully :D.
Sorrey don't know what the letters mean something to do with tech levels

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I have never understanded the classes. I think it has to do with the tech levels and the size of the defence fleet all together. And the last thing, I have thought of that possibility since I downloaded the EV demo. That would have been sweet........

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I think it's like star trek in that the vilont planets are class Y or something and the planets like New Voinia are class M or something like that.

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I do believe I read this somewhere, likely the EV bible. The class of planet is dependent on the type of planet - makes sense, right? M is earth-like, K was...desert-like, IIRC, etc. I believe the types are stored in an STR# resource.

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I already said that.

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Originally posted by jdp:
Also i have had an idea that u could buy planets and moons.u could buy defence fleets and make your own GM.

Many people have suggested this; you're certainly not among the first to suggest it. Unfortunately, it can't work. At heart, EV/O is an arcade game, not a strategy game. If you want to build your own empire, get Master of Orion II.

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Or Star Trek: Birth of the Federation. It's cooler. Oh, wait that's for the PC.

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here is the planetary classification system included in star trek: the next generation by spectrum holobyte. im not sure if the game i have is damaged and therefore does not have the total list, but it stopped at 'N'

class- type name: Core/surface composition.Atmosphere composition.

A- Gas supergiant: Metallic hydrogen. Gaseous hydrogen and compounds
B- Gas giant: Liquid methane and hydrogen. Gaseous hydrogen and compounds
C- Reducing: Iron or silicate. Carbon dioxide.
D- Geo-plastic: Magma surface. Rock vapor and chlorine
E- Geo-metallic: Heavy elements and silicates. Ammonia.
F- Geo-crystalline: Light elements and silicates. Oxygen/nitrogen and metalvapor.
G- Desert: Metals or silicates. Oxygen or nitrogen and metal vapor.
H- Geo-thermal: Silicates. Toxic complex hydrocarbons
I- Asteroid/moon: metals or silicates. Types 1-3 none, 4-6 faint.
J- Geo-morteus: Light elements and silicates. Tenuous halogen.
K- Subterrestrial: Iron or silicates. Toxic
L- Outer gas giant: Silicates. Layered frozen gasses.
M- Terrestrial: Iron or silicates. Oxygen/nitrogen.
N- Pelagic: Iron or silicates. Oxygen/nitrogen

this is in no way scientific or even consistant with FICTION, but it seems to me to be just a little bit comprehensive.

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In Star Trek an M-Class planet apparently means humans can live on it (I say apparently because I get all my ST info from my brother, I don't like the show), as for EV/O it just seems to change with the picture of the planet, it apparently has no scientific basis, they probably just thought it would be a good thing to add.

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You got class D wrong. Class D has Iron and Silicates, but a solid core and a surface with no atmosphere whatsoever. It's, as Spock said in Star Trek II, "essentially just a lifless rock in space."

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