Evacuation and emergency escape pods

[AGENT15]

Since it seems that Will Wright is going to make a total galaxy simulator, I was wondering if it was possible to have meteors and meteorites. Actually, I just thought of another thing. CAN YOUR UFO GET DESTROYED BY METEORS OR ASTEROID FIELDS? Anyway, the main thing I was wondering about is if a meteor hit, could your/other creatures become extinct, and could it destroy the world? And, will you be able to see this meteor heading towards you as a big glowing thing? Also, if your at the civ stage, could you build "emergency silos" to launch rockets. In other words, can I fit, lets say, 100000 dollars and 50 creatures into a ship and launch it, hopefully landing on a nearby habitable planet. I think it would be interesting if you could do this, like a big "restart" factor, but a bit more fun. You would lose some research, or you could launch many rockets, and hope at least one is safe. Also, you could try to simply launch a rocket to blow up the meteor.Anyway, my 50 dollar thoughts.

[mrodgers]

Since it seems that Will Wright is going to make a total galaxy simulator, I was wondering if it was possible to have meteors and meteorites. Actually, I just thought of another thing. CAN YOUR UFO GET DESTROYED BY METEORS OR ASTEROID FIELDS? Anyway, the main thing I was wondering about is if a meteor hit, could your/other creatures become extinct, and could it destroy the world? And, will you be able to see this meteor heading towards you as a big glowing thing? Also, if your at the civ stage, could you build "emergency silos" to launch rockets. In other words, can I fit, lets say, 100000 dollars and 50 creatures into a ship and launch it, hopefully landing on a nearby habitable planet. I think it would be interesting if you could do this, like a big "restart" factor, but a bit more fun. You would lose some research, or you could launch many rockets, and hope at least one is safe. Also, you could try to simply launch a rocket to blow up the meteor.Anyway, my 50 dollar thoughts.

We don't know.  It has never come up.  Though if you want to be realistic, meteors hitting the UFO shouldn't be an issue because asteroid belts are very very sparse.

[Tantalus]

Though because of the speeds it would only take one small grain to wreak havok, unless you have super advanced shielding and in that case move along.

[Mr. Consideration]

...If even a pea sized asteroid were to shott throught my head it might (bump)....Hurt Slightly.

Would be cool, but i dont think it will happen until you have several othe rplanets to escape to.

[Doomstrom]

I don't think asteroids will hit UFO :-/

[Calqhoon]

I can't see why not, though I doubt that civilisations can be destroyed by a big space-rock. I don't think Will would have the heart to do that, after you've raised and nurtured your civilisation. Gaming is all about rewards, and something that's completely out of your control (such as a Willosaurus version of the movie Armageddon) doesn't sound very rewarding.

[Charles Darwin]

I have mixed feelings on this one.
To have my civ destroyed after alot of hard work would be disappointing at best.
For realism if I destroy/move worlds with my UFO I would expect that it could happen to me either naturally or by enemies.
A possible compromise would be that it could occur more often or at all in certain stages.

As to escape pods: yes.  I would like this but would like to be able to retrieve all past historical data, dna, techs. that I had acquired.  If I can escape I should be able to retrieve this data.

[CommunistHamster]

Technically, if you were on the planet and you could see an incoming asteroid you'd have like a few seconds, tops, before KABOOM. You'd see a star growing very bright, very big, very quickly and thats the end. Think of the speeds involved and the tiny distances. You'd not be able to see the asteroid when it is out of the atmosphere because it wouldn't be seeable through the blue sky (or whaetever colour sky your planet has) because it wouldn't reflect enough light. When it is entering the atmosphere you'd see it because of the "heating up/air reistance" thing, but of course by then it would be too late.

[Calqhoon]

Technically, if you were on the planet and you could see an incoming asteroid you'd have like a few seconds, tops, before KABOOM. You'd see a star growing very bright, very big, very quickly and thats the end. Think of the speeds involved and the tiny distances. You'd not be able to see the asteroid when it is out of the atmosphere because it wouldn't be seeable through the blue sky (or whaetever colour sky your planet has) because it wouldn't reflect enough light. When it is entering the atmosphere you'd see it because of the "heating up/air reistance" thing, but of course by then it would be too late.

True, unless of course, your civilization has developed telescopes or an early-warning system.

[Daxx]

Technically, if you were on the planet and you could see an incoming asteroid you'd have like a few seconds, tops, before KABOOM. You'd see a star growing very bright, very big, very quickly and thats the end. Think of the speeds involved and the tiny distances. You'd not be able to see the asteroid when it is out of the atmosphere because it wouldn't be seeable through the blue sky (or whaetever colour sky your planet has) because it wouldn't reflect enough light. When it is entering the atmosphere you'd see it because of the "heating up/air reistance" thing, but of course by then it would be too late.

True, unless of course, your civilization has developed telescopes or an early-warning system.

Or a UFO.

[Calqhoon]

Technically, if you were on the planet and you could see an incoming asteroid you'd have like a few seconds, tops, before KABOOM. You'd see a star growing very bright, very big, very quickly and thats the end. Think of the speeds involved and the tiny distances. You'd not be able to see the asteroid when it is out of the atmosphere because it wouldn't be seeable through the blue sky (or whaetever colour sky your planet has) because it wouldn't reflect enough light. When it is entering the atmosphere you'd see it because of the "heating up/air reistance" thing, but of course by then it would be too late.

True, unless of course, your civilization has developed telescopes or an early-warning system.

Or a UFO.

That too.

Although technically they shouldn't refer to it as a UFO, because it simply isn't. It's 'identified' for starters. Maybe they should call it an IFO.

[Daxx]

Or a UFO.

That too.

Although technically they shouldn't refer to it as a UFO, because it simply isn't. It's 'identified' for starters. Maybe they should call it an IFO.

Pfft. Maxis science sneers in the face of your logic.

[mrodgers]

Technically, if you were on the planet and you could see an incoming asteroid you'd have like a few seconds, tops, before KABOOM. You'd see a star growing very bright, very big, very quickly and thats the end. Think of the speeds involved and the tiny distances. You'd not be able to see the asteroid when it is out of the atmosphere because it wouldn't be seeable through the blue sky (or whaetever colour sky your planet has) because it wouldn't reflect enough light. When it is entering the atmosphere you'd see it because of the "heating up/air reistance" thing, but of course by then it would be too late.

True, unless of course, your civilization has developed telescopes or an early-warning system.

Or a UFO.

That too.

Although technically they shouldn't refer to it as a UFO, because it simply isn't. It's 'identified' for starters. Maybe they should call it an IFO.

Maybe it should be simply known as "The Flagship of The Armada of Death".  It has a nice ring.

[Calqhoon]

Pfft. Maxis science sneers in the face of your logic.

Yeah, I get that a lot.  

Anyway, I prefer to call it The Sporemobile.

[starshard0]

Don't forget how fun something like the Titan project would be. Like if your planet is destroyed you can just go make another one.