Introducing Neutron Stars

[Murudai]

http://i.imgur.com/8arMg.png

Coming next update.

[alco64]

what makes the neutron star any different? looks cool :D

[Artanisx]

wow! I can't wait :D

Keep up with the good work :)

[alco64]

Ah, after reading up on Neutron stars on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star)

I suspect they're a smaller star with much more gravity than a normal star. And things can be sling-shot around the star much quicker.

[matthewfarmery]

looks good

[Silvador]

Pretty...

Don't really know much about the difference between stars. I know the colour of a star can tell you how old it is due to the change of matter reactions going on within it. But that's about as far as my knowledge extends... and even that I am not sure of.

Red Giant, Blue Giant, Proton, Neutron... *shrug* All just names to me. But, who needs to know what the meaning of a name is to enjoy the pretty lights?

*stares with dumb,contented look on face*

[Indrek]

Cool, can't wait!

[matthewfarmery]

some information on Neutron stars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star

basically, they usually occur after a giant star goes super nova, (one possible end for a giant star)

they are extremely heavy, one tea spoon would weigh billion tons! and the gravitation pull of one is way stronger then earth

they can also be known as pulse stars, as they rotate very, very fast, and give off huge amounts of deadly radiation,

just some info about them

hope that broadens peoples knowledge, but there are several sites that can give you more info about them

[zarakon]

My favorite quote from that wiki article:if an object were to fall from a height of one meter it would only take one microsecond to hit the surface of the neutron star, and would do so at around 2000 kilometers per second, or 7.2 million kilometers per hour.


Also, a neutron star would be much smaller than a planet. I know things in the game aren't exactly to-scale, but I think the neutron star should appear at least a little smaller than planets

[matthewfarmery]

indeed

[I-HaTeD2]

Will they kill the Evolution?
Or did they haven't any Specials?

[Simian_]

Also, a neutron star would be much smaller than a planet. I know things in the game aren't exactly to-scale, but I think the neutron star should appear at least a little smaller than planets

Guys, if you start worrying about scale or some other kind of nitpicking scientific accuracy, you will kill any enjoyment the game holds. I think it's fine as it is.

[Silvador]

Guys, if you start worrying about scale or some other kind of nitpicking scientific accuracy, you will kill any enjoyment the game holds. I think it's fine as it is.

Personally, I wouldn't mind too much having a sun that is a little smaller than a planet. I'm not really hanging up on the accuracy of scale here, I'm talking aesthetics. I, personally, think it would look cool to have a sun, with half a doze (or more) planets circling it, that is smaller than those exact bodies circling it. It's that kind of small and epic badass thing. You know how you get the guns in game and they get bigger and badder, but the really badass gun is small, sleek and oh so wicked. It's like "My gun is so powerful it doesn't need to look powerful."

Anyone catching what I am saying? I think I am starting to ramble...

Also, maybe the shields on the evolved planets might protect from the radiation.

[zarakon]

Guys, if you start worrying about scale or some other kind of nitpicking scientific accuracy, you will kill any enjoyment the game holds. I think it's fine as it is.

but the fact that neutron stars are smaller than planets is what makes them so cool to begin with

i'm not saying that neutron stars should be 1/1000th the size of a planet and regular stars should be 10000x the size of a planet

[Leak]

Sooo... since a neutron star is what's left of a supernova, will turning into one obliterate what else there is in your solar system?

[matthewfarmery]

not necessary, there are binary systems with neutron stars and normal stars, this makes up around 5% of neutron stars, or it could be two neutron stars circling each other, at least that what I read, so becoming a neutron star won't automatically destroy stuff, I guess it depends on how far the normal stars are and how big they are?

[Gruber]

I can't wait!!! When is the update?