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A gas giant.

Summary

Gas Giants are a type of planet in Dyson Sphere Program. They are (as the name suggests) giant worlds with no solid landmasses on their surface, instead being composed almost entirely of gases, primarily hydrogen and its isotopes. If Icarus flies onto a gas giant, it will not be able to land, and will be forced to fly around.

The aforementioned gaseous resources -- hydrogen, deuterium, and fire ice in the case of ice giants -- can be collected by Orbital Collectors (placed on the planet's equator), or manually, by Icarus.

Production

A maximum of 40 Orbital Collectors may be placed on a Gas Giant's equator (where the latitude is 0 degrees, marked by a thicker green line in construction mode). Each collector will produce resources at the rate listed on the planet information seen in the star map. Some of these resources will be consumed to power the collector (see the Orbital Collector page for details), while the rest will be outputted to storage. The Orbital Collector acts as its own Interstellar Logistics Station; its resources can be carried away by Logistics Vessels directly from the station.

There are two types of giant planet:

Gas Giant

Mainly produces Hydrogen, and produces Deuterium at a lower rate.

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 ?		✖
1 ?		✖

Ice Giant

Mainly produces Fire Ice, and Hydrogen at a lower rate.

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 ?		✖
1 ?		✖

Production Upgrades

While each level of the Veins Utilization upgrade increases the collecting rate by a flat 10%, the 30MW upkeep cost of the Orbital Collector effectively increases it by more than 10%. See the Orbital Collector page for the full explanation.

Player Tips & Tricks

Due to the large distance between where Orbital Collectors can be placed, construction drones can lag far behind if flying to place multiple collectors without waiting for each to be constructed.
As with resource quantities on planets, the typical production rate of Gas Giants is higher for those found in systems further from the starting system, scaling as distance increases.
Since Gas Giants are not physical, a loose item will simply fall directly into the planet and become irretrievable. Take care when managing the inventory while on a Gas Giant's surface.

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+[[File:Gas Giant planet view.PNG|300px|thumb|A gas giant.]]
+==Summary==
+'''Gas Giants''' are a type of [[Stars and planets#Types of planets|planet]] in Dyson Sphere Program. They are (as the name suggests) giant worlds with no solid landmasses on their surface, instead being composed almost entirely of gases, primarily [[Hydrogen|hydrogen]] and [[Deuterium|its isotopes]]. If [[Icarus]] flies onto a gas giant, it will not be able to land, and will be forced to fly around.
-A gas giant is one of the types of planets in the game. Gas Giants cannot be landed upon, as they have no surface. You will, however, float just above the cloud layer.
+The aforementioned gaseous resources -- hydrogen, deuterium, and [[Fire Ice|fire ice]] in the case of ice giants -- can be collected by [[Orbital Collector|Orbital Collectors]] (placed on the planet's equator), or manually, by Icarus.
+==Production==
+A maximum of 40 Orbital Collectors may be placed on a Gas Giant's equator (where the latitude is 0 degrees, marked by a thicker green line in construction mode). Each collector will produce resources at the rate listed on the planet information seen in the star map. Some of these resources will be consumed to power the collector (see the [[Orbital Collector]] page for details), while the rest will be outputted to storage. The Orbital Collector acts as its own [[Interstellar Logistics Station]]; its resources can be carried away by [[Logistics Vessel|Logistics Vessels]] directly from the station.
-Gas Giants provide resources in the form of gas, and many different types of gases are available. When viewed from the solar system, the Gas Giant's details will show the gases it produces. Do not be alarmed by the very low rate show - this rate is per [[Orbit Collector]] installed, so you can increase the rate by placing more Orbit Collectors.
+There are two types of giant planet:
-Orbit Collectors may only be placed on the Equator of the Gas giant (where the North/South Latitude = 0. It is marked by a thicker green line in construction mode), so the maximum limit of throughput of gas from a Gas Giant is dependent upon how many orbit collectors can be placed around the equator.
+===Gas Giant===
+Mainly produces [[Hydrogen]], and produces [[Deuterium]] at a lower rate.
-Note that when Orbit Collectors are in use, they power themselves by burning off some of the gas they draw in, so your throughput will differ from what the solar system screen shows.
+{{ProductionChainTable/head}}
+{{ProductionChain
+|Building=Orbital Collector
+|Replicator=No
+|Technology=Gas Giants Exploitation
+|Recipe=
+  {{ItemRecipe
+    |Out1=Hydrogen
+    |Out1Qty=1
+    |In1=Gas Giant
+    |In1Qty=
+    |CraftTime=?
+  }}
+}}
+|-
+{{ProductionChain
+|Building=Orbital Collector
+|Replicator=No
+|Technology=Gas Giants Exploitation
+|Recipe=
+  {{ItemRecipe
+    |Out1=Deuterium
+    |Out1Qty=1
+    |In1=Gas Giant
+    |In1Qty=
+    |CraftTime=?
+  }}
+}}
+|}
+===Ice Giant===
+Mainly produces [[Fire Ice]], and Hydrogen at a lower rate.
+{{ProductionChainTable/head}}
+{{ProductionChain
+|Building=Orbital Collector
+|Replicator=No
+|Technology=Gas Giants Exploitation
+|Recipe=
+  {{ItemRecipe
+    |Out1=Hydrogen
+    |Out1Qty=1
+    |In1=Ice Giant
+    |In1Qty=
+    |CraftTime=?
+  }}
+}}
+|-
+{{ProductionChain
+|Building=Orbital Collector
+|Replicator=No
+|Technology=Gas Giants Exploitation
+|Recipe=
+  {{ItemRecipe
+    |Out1=Fire Ice
+    |Out1Qty=1
+    |In1=Ice Giant
+    |In1Qty=
+    |CraftTime=?
+  }}
+}}
+|}
+===Production Upgrades===
+While each level of the [[Veins Utilization (Upgrade)|Veins Utilization]] [[Upgrades|upgrade]] increases the collecting rate by a flat 10%, the 30MW upkeep cost of the Orbital Collector effectively increases it by more than 10%. See the [[Orbital Collector]] page for the full explanation.
+==Player Tips & Tricks==
+* Due to the large distance between where Orbital Collectors can be placed, construction drones can lag far behind if flying to place multiple collectors without waiting for each to be constructed.
+* As with resource quantities on planets, the typical production rate of Gas Giants is higher for those found in systems further from the starting system, scaling as distance increases.
+* Since Gas Giants are not physical, a loose item will simply fall directly into the planet and become irretrievable. Take care when managing the inventory while on a Gas Giant's surface.
+[[Category:Planets]]
+[[Category:Natural Source]]