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[Draba]

I love the backgrounds found during exploration and the interactions with CR/speed/sensor range are also great.

2 additional things I think would be nice for ring systems/magnetic fields and the like:

• Colony modifiers
  - Maybe implemented like stable locations, mining outposts that have to be defended but add some ore/rare ore output to ports in the system.
  - Magnetic field greatly increases ground defense power/bombardment cost but comes with an accessibility penalty.
• Tactical battle modifiers
  - Magnetic field could be a maneuverability penalty that affects big ships more. Not easy to cheese, shifts fleet composition a bit
  - Magnetic storms also randomly apply some EMP damage to ships
  - Seen this one come up earlier, ring systems could add more asteroids to battles(if the AI can handle it)
  - Accretion disk could constantly bombard the battlefield with tiny asteroids flying through, doing minor kinetic/frag damage
  
  Ideas might be far out/not fun in practice, just guesses on what could bring those exploration features to life.

[Deshara]

I'm pretty sure the game already had combat terrain affects on most terrains and they were removed from 0.9 for some reason

[Torch]

Made a new topic on this without realizing one was just made, but I entirely agree! Battlefield hazards that give more challenge and strategic opportunities to the player and AI are much needed.