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 A font is a planet that is constantly shifting in terms of its land masses, this results in constant earthquakes each and every day of that planets life. This makes habitation excessively difficult.
+===== Planetary Special Conditions ======
+The following are planetary conditions that take the place of the specials tag when creating planets. These conditions are optional when creating planets, they are mainly there to add a bit more depth to a planet, such as bonuses, positives and negatives.
+Ideally a planet can either have a positive or a negative, having both a positive AND a negative adds interesting elements. Examples being that the planet might have a Noxious Atmosphere, but may also have a Cavernous System, which means that while the surface is unfavorable for constructing buildings, the underground is not.
+Planets can also have both a ground and space based condition.
+==== Ground Based Conditions ====
+Ground Based Conditions refers to conditions that are found below its cloud cover.
+=== Dense Cloud Cover ===
+Dense Cloud Cover is the result of either a reoccurring storm on the planet or due to constant volcanic action. This type of cloud cover makes it very difficult to see the surface, rendering all form of sensor scanning technology useless due to the density of the clouds.
+=== Cavernous System ===
+A system of caverns that reside under the planets surface, these caverns are very wide and dense in numbers, making them ideal for the construction of underground cities. This system also adds to the difficulty of sieging a planet, because most of the population might not even be located on the surface but rather underground, which adds another bonus of making it difficult to TAKE the planet as well.
+=== Unstable Planetoid ===
+An unstable planet that is not really suitable for much in terms of construction, the planet is in a constant - seemingly forever - state of shaking, this makes construction of buildings highly difficult; farming is useless due to the broken terrain. The only use such a planet has is that its ground is broken up to the point that rich sources of ore and other minerals are much more easily accessible.
+=== Noxious Atmosphere ===
+A Noxious atmosphere is one where the planet is not suitable by any lengths for colonization without the use of highly advanced life support systems, but this is depending on what makes up the atmosphere; some of these atmospheres might actually be dangerous to buildings.
+=== Dense Flora ===
+A planet that is covered in dense flora makes for a good planet to house agricultural industries, but also makes life difficult on invading forces.
+=== Atmospheric Instability ===
+Atmospheric Instability refers to a planet whose atmosphere is slowly being 'bled' away, the atmosphere on the planet is so unstable that there are 'holes' in it, which means that there might be areas on the planet that can't support life while other areas can.
+=== Volcanically Active ===
+This type of planet is highly active in terms of volcanic activity, earthquakes are also common-place and the land is usually covered in molten seas and lakes. The average temperature may be to high for people to explore the planet without specialized equipment and even then setting up buildings is next to impossible. A phenomenon known as 'lava-rain' usually plagues these types of planets.
+=== Lava Rain ===
+Lava Rain is essentially lava that has been spewed into the air at such high velocities that it comes back down to the planet in the form of rain, usually resembling very thin threads that are capable of puncturing bodysuits and most lightly armored individuals, this type of rain can also destroy equipment and can severe damage to starships that may fly through it.
+=== Ancient Ruins ===
+These ancient ruins are evidence of a once long dead civilization, although whether they are the remains of a city or a small outpost remains to be seen. Such ruins could contain a wealth of information or even a great deal of danger.
+==== Orbital Conditions ====
+Like the ground based conditions, this one relates to what might be orbiting a planet.
+=== Dense Planetary Rings ===
+Dense Planetary Rings are a boon to mining corporations, due to the large numbers of asteroids that make up the rings themselves. These defence rings can also serve as a perfect location for a planetary defence network, such as star fighter hangers built into an asteroid or large gun emplacements.
+=== Derelict Starship ===
+Derelict Starships can either be a boon or a hindrance depending on what is contained within; such ships can either be big or small, wide or narrow.
+=== Derelict Station ===
+Similar to a derelict starship, derelict stations can pose both a positive or a negative depending on what is found within. Some of these stations could be in a decaying orbit, which means they would eventually crash onto the planet and depending on their size - they could easily cause considerable damage upon impact.
+=== Moons ===
+Self-exclamatory.
+=== Close Orbital Planetoids ===
+While similar to moons, they differ in that they are not located in a stable orbit, these particular types of moons are dangerous because of how close they orbit their parent planet. Most planets that possess these types of moons may in fact not have a stable atmosphere or no atmosphere at all.
 ====== Star Army Guide to Types of Planets ======

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