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Summary

Gas Giants are a type of planets in the game. Gas Giants frequently have one or more planets in orbit around them, an example being the starting world. Since Gas Giants have no physical surface, Icarus cannot land on them; instead, it simply floats above the cloud layer.

Icarus can manually collect resources from a Gas Giant, but Orbital Collectors can gather them automatically.

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.

There are two types of Gas Giant.

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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 ==Summary==
-A '''Gas Giant''' is one of the types of planets in the game. They frequently have one or more planets in orbit around them, an example being the starting world. Gas Giants cannot be landed upon, as they have no surface. You will, however, float just above the cloud layer.
+'''Gas Giants''' are a type of planets in the game. Gas Giants frequently have one or more planets in orbit around them, an example being the starting world. Since Gas Giants have no physical surface, [[Icarus]] cannot land on them; instead, it simply floats above the cloud layer.
-Resources may be harvested from a Gas Giant by [[Orbital Collector]]s.
+Icarus can manually collect resources from a Gas Giant, but [[Orbital Collector]]s can gather them automatically.
 ==Production==
-A maximum of 40 collectors may be placed on the equator of a Gas Giant(where the North/South Latitude = 0. It is marked by a thicker green line in construction mode). Each will produce resources at the rate listed on the planet information seen in the starmap.
+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.
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 ===Gas Giant===
-Provides [[Hydrogen]] collection and a slower rate of [[Deuterium]] collection.
+Mainly produces [[Hydrogen]], and produces [[Deuterium]] at a lower rate.
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 ===Ice Giant===
-Typically produces [[Hydrogen]] at a lower rate but also produces [[Fire Ice]].
+Mainly produces [[Fire Ice]], and Hydrogen at a lower rate.
 {{ProductionChainTable/head}}
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 ===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.
+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 Collector]]s can be placed, construction drones can lag far behind if flying to place multiple collectors without waiting for each to be constructed.
+* 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:Astronomical Objects]]
 [[Category:Natural Source]]