Star

This page is a Work in Progress as much of the lore/Development for the game is yet to be established.

A star is any massive gravitational self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources. Stars are predominantly the principal object found at the centre of Star Systems, where other astronomical objects such as planets orbit them.

Generation

Main page: Galaxy Generation

Stars populate the Milky Way and outer space in-game within a cubic area of 1 lightyear. Any stars populated within 200 LY of the Sol System utilise the ESA's Gaia catalogues, which in common with all Stars within 2000 ly of Earth are generated using the Giaa Database. This data is stored and retrieved from a SQL database, which governs the set number of stars that can be generated within the region of space. Outside this limit, stars generate on a seed system with varying characteristics and locations.

In future versions a star system designer tool is planned allowing game backers to create their own star systems, which will persist permanently in the in-game galaxy.

Star Types

Main page: Star types

An array of star types can be found in the galaxy. They are categorised by their class, size and how hot they are within their temperature range. A large amount of information can be viewed and sorted on the Sensors Station. Stars are sorted using real-world stellar Classification.

Stars in their main life cycle are sorted from hottest to coldest. The sequence is O-Type, B-Type, A-Type, F-Type, G-Type, K-Type and M-Type. Some stars will generate as brown dwarfs, which are yet to ignite. Their sequence is L-Type, T-Type and Y-Type. In future, player vessels will be able to discover stellar remnants in the galaxy in place of star systems, including white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. They will also be able to find T-Tauri stars (those in their early stages of formation) and Wolf-Rayet stars (those which are towards the end of their life cycles).