====== Chthonian planet ======

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Description [wiki] : Gas Giant in innermost orbit produces (:metals) instead of (:gasses) and zones produce +75 (:metals).
Image [image] : :rules:chtonian_planet.png
Applies To : Any Gas Giant in Hot Orbit, which must be the innermost orbit in the system.
Cost : 1 special points
Builder: orbital
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All the gas on this planet has been stripped away by the power of the central star, leaving only the metal core behind. 

Rather than harvesting gas, as with a normal gas giant, the metal core can be mined. As a result, the three zones normally available for only for gas mining may be mined only for metal instead. As is normal with Gas Giants, these zones may be upgraded and incorporated, and are treated as medium moons for purposes of [[Focus]]. Like normal Gas Giants, the zones may be used for other purposes such as a [[Metals Augmentation Zone]] or a [[power zone]], but they may not be used for other production activities. Like normal Gas Giants, these zones may not be terraformed.

Each zone on the Chthonian Planet provides a production bonus of +75 when mining (:metals) metal (in addition to the +10 from hot orbit).

Due to its enormous weight (which may be ranging from fifty to a hundred times the weight of a regular medium sized planet), this planet still contains the lunar orbits it had as a gas giant. The planet also continues to provide power, both due to the strong electric currents in the metal core and the gravitational effects it exerts. A Chthonian Planet may have trojans like a regular gas giant.
