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Class B planets are generally very small, very rocky worlds located within a star system's hot zone. In the harsh daylight, these planets are scorched by their parent star, often to the point of rock becoming molten. Because Class B worlds have little to no atmosphere, this heat quickly radiates away at night, leaving the dark side of the planet a frigid wasteland. As a result, these planets are highly unsuitable for humanoid life. | Class B planets are generally very small, very rocky worlds located within a star system's hot zone. In the harsh daylight, these planets are scorched by their parent star, often to the point of rock becoming molten. Because Class B worlds have little to no atmosphere, this heat quickly radiates away at night, leaving the dark side of the planet a frigid wasteland. As a result, these planets are highly unsuitable for humanoid life. | ||
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== Class M == | |||
{{Planet Class | |||
|location=Ecosphere | |||
|atmosphere=Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon | |||
|surface=Abundant Surface Water, Temperate Climate | |||
|composition=Silicone, Iron, Magnesium, Aluminium | |||
|habitability=Prime conditions for large populations of animal, planet, and humanoid life. | |||
}} | |||
These planets are robust and varied worlds composed primarily of silicate rocks. Located in a star system's habitable zone, most are temperate worlds with vast blue oceans and wide swaths of verdant forest. However, conditions can vary greatly between worlds and still be considered Class M; as long as the surface is between 20 and 80 percent water, the climate is generally temperate, and the atmosphere made of oxygen and nitrogen, even dry rocky worlds and cold snowy planets can be Class M. | |||
== Class P == | |||
{{Planet Class | |||
|location=Ecosphere, Cold Zone | |||
|atmosphere=Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon | |||
|surface=Cold, Glaciated | |||
|composition=Silicon, Iron, Magnesium, Ice | |||
|habitability=Hearty flora and fauna capable of withstanding extreme cold. | |||
}} | }} | ||
On the distant edge of a star system's ecosphere, habitable planets are still numerous, but they are a far cry from the lush garden worlds closer in. Cold and barren, more than eighty percent of a Class P: Glaciated planet is covered in solid ice, and while many possess narrow stripes of green along the equator, where hearty plant and animal life may flourish, many glaciated worlds are entirely frozen. | |||
Despite the harsh conditions, humanoid life can thrive on a glaciated world. | |||
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Revision as of 20:16, 8 November 2017
 | This information largely comes from this web site, which in turn based it upon sources from Star Trek. |
Planets are classified according to their predominant properties. While there is, at times, overlap in some of the classifications the primary classification of a planet assists travelers through space in identifying the primary characteristics of a planet more easily.
Class A
| Type: | Unknown |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Atmosphere: | Sulfer Dioxide / Carbon Dioxide |
| Radius: | Unknown |
| Surface: | Rocky / Partially Molten |
| Composition: | Igneous Silica / Basalt |
| Location: | Any |
| Habitability: | Unknown |
These planets are generally young, rocky worlds that are rife with volcanic activity. This volcanic activity spews vast amounts of sulfur and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect that keeps temperatures relatively hot. Such worlds have tenuous and toxic atmospheres and are unsuitable to any kind of life.
When this extreme volcanic activity eventually ceases, the planet "dies" and becomes a Class C world.
Class A planets are common in the universe; Jupiter's moon Io is a prime example.
Class B
| Type: | Unknown |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Atmosphere: | Oxygen / Sodium / Hydrogen |
| Radius: | Unknown |
| Surface: | Barren / Molten in Places |
| Composition: | Iron / Potassium / Silicon |
| Location: | Hot Zone |
| Habitability: | Unknown |
Class B planets are generally very small, very rocky worlds located within a star system's hot zone. In the harsh daylight, these planets are scorched by their parent star, often to the point of rock becoming molten. Because Class B worlds have little to no atmosphere, this heat quickly radiates away at night, leaving the dark side of the planet a frigid wasteland. As a result, these planets are highly unsuitable for humanoid life.
Despite their small size, Class B planets are often extremely dense, with a large inner core, up to 55% of the planet's volume, that is made of molten iron.
Class B planets are fairly common in the universe.
Class M
| Type: | Unknown |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Atmosphere: | Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon |
| Radius: | Unknown |
| Surface: | Abundant Surface Water, Temperate Climate |
| Composition: | Silicone, Iron, Magnesium, Aluminium |
| Location: | Ecosphere |
| Habitability: | Unknown |
These planets are robust and varied worlds composed primarily of silicate rocks. Located in a star system's habitable zone, most are temperate worlds with vast blue oceans and wide swaths of verdant forest. However, conditions can vary greatly between worlds and still be considered Class M; as long as the surface is between 20 and 80 percent water, the climate is generally temperate, and the atmosphere made of oxygen and nitrogen, even dry rocky worlds and cold snowy planets can be Class M.
Class P
| Type: | Unknown |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Atmosphere: | Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon |
| Radius: | Unknown |
| Surface: | Cold, Glaciated |
| Composition: | Silicon, Iron, Magnesium, Ice |
| Location: | Ecosphere, Cold Zone |
| Habitability: | Unknown |
On the distant edge of a star system's ecosphere, habitable planets are still numerous, but they are a far cry from the lush garden worlds closer in. Cold and barren, more than eighty percent of a Class P: Glaciated planet is covered in solid ice, and while many possess narrow stripes of green along the equator, where hearty plant and animal life may flourish, many glaciated worlds are entirely frozen.
Despite the harsh conditions, humanoid life can thrive on a glaciated world.