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Planet Threats

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[edit] Fire jets

Fire jets appear on Boiling Planets, Arid Planets, and Lava Planets. They damage your spaceship's health. When your ship's health is damaged by threats, a sound warns you of the damage. The lower you are, the higher the chance a Fire Jet will damage your ship.

A Lava Planet with Fire Jets
A Fire Jet

[edit] Electric Storm

This threat commonly appears on T0 planets and usually only damages ships on the planets surface. it appears as a small thunder storm on the planet. Similar storms can appear in the Creature stage, with rain, thunder, lighting, wind and pillars of light.

[edit] Meteor Showers

Meteor Showers usually appear on T0 (unterraformed) planets and have alot of damage on your ship. They can also be seen, occasionally, in Creature Stage, thought they only do minor damage.

[edit] Rock Geysers

Rock geysers are high speed geysers of rock and ice, and can do minor to medium damage to a players ship.

[edit] Ice Geysers

Geysers shooting ice and gas from under the surface. They can damage your ship if you fly too close. They are unpredictable and shoot up from random locations on the surface, appearing on Ice Planets and Flurry Planets.

An Ice Geyser.

[edit] Fire Storms

They are storms that are formed by Fire Jets, they float in the atmosphere and can damage your spaceship's health.

A Fire Storm.

[edit] Whirlwinds

Whilrwinds are commonly found on Water Planets and are a dangerous threat to Spaceships at low levels.

[edit] Volcanoes

Sometimes there is a volcano on a players homeworld or by using the volcano tool. Flying into a volcano only causes minor damage however.

[edit] Epic Creatures

An Epic Creature throwing a Fireball

[edit] Cell Stage

Attacks your cell and other cells also.

[edit] Creature Stage

Attacks nests and creatures.

[edit] Tribal Stage

Attacks domesticated creatures and huts.

[edit] Civilization Stage

Epics can attack vehicles, turrets and cities in Civilization Stage with fireballs.

[edit] Space Stage

Spits ireballs at Spaceships.


Threats
Threats Minor Damage Medium Damage Major Damage
Fire Storms X O O
Fire Jets O O X
Meteor Showers X O X
Rock Geysers O X X
Ice Geysers O O X
Electric Storms X O O
Whirlwinds O O X
Epic/SS Creatures X X O
Volcanoes O X X

[edit] Artificial disasters

Many disasters can be caused by your spaceship, such as ignoring disasters and meddling with the Terrascore.

[edit] Flooding

Using terra water tools or atmospheric generators can flood cities. This makes a negative relation bonus with that empire.

[edit] WMDs

Using the Gravitation Wave causes planetquakes that destroy all cities and settlements. Anti-Matter Bombs, ICBMs and Mega Bombs can cause mass destruction to cities, destroying them completly in most cases.