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Justus Black

> *A prodigy A.I. programmer, by the age of 14 Black had already developed critical systems for automating frontier settlements on distant moons.*
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## Strategy

When you assign the rare governor - **Justus Black** - to a city, facilities in that city that reduce the world's oxygen levels will reduce oxygen levels even more.

Secondly, the population of that city will consume less biomass. When you play with the Biospheres function or on Beginner difficulty, population does not consume biomass anyways, so this effect will not do anything.

This governor's power booster ability will only affect Oxygen Reduction, and not Biomass Consumption, since Biomass Consumption cannot be boosted.

## Lore

The early space age made clear the need for a new sort of school curriculum centered around engineering and academic creativity, as young minds would be tasked with the challenge of propelling human settlement beyond Earth's orbit. While wider education was slow to adapt, several worldwide scholarship programs began to emerge, all seeking the brightest minds of a new generation to foster and, in some cases, exploit their budding genius. One name that rose to the top of every recruiter's list was Justus Black, an 11-year-old whose natural affinity for coding already showed great promise.⁣

Even during his boyhood at a modest public school, Justus' aptitude set him apart from his fellow students. He tinkered with servos and motor drivers brought to him by teachers, while the other kids leapt about the playground. When placed in an advanced machinery course, he would correct his teacher on minor mathematical errors. This inclination towards learning made him feel ostracized, and earned him his fair share of bullying. Despite this, he was hesitant when offered a work-based learning position at the Far-Future Institute, so desperate he was to have a normal childhood. Fortunately for humanity, his parents convinced him that normalcy was overrated.⁣

Upon arriving at the FFI, Justus immediately observed how reliant their space tech still was on manual processes. Without skipping a beat, he eagerly set to work on blueprints for a series of automated A.I. systems which could be fitted into all machinery necessary for both reaching and terraforming distant planets. Bewildered, when asked by his new peers how he'd conceived of these systems, Black blithely responded, "It just makes sense, doesn't it?" The Institute quickly offered a full-time position, and when returning home to bid farewell to his family and friends, Justus discovered that rather than being an outcast, he had many friends rooting him on, excited to see someone their age take to the stars. Now 14 years old, he is devoting the remainder of his life to extending humanity's reach to new worlds, while also ensuring that more gifted kids will have access to the same opportunities he has had.

*From Terragenesis's Instagram page*

## Trivia

* At age 14, he is currently the youngest confirmed governor available.
Robert J. Gould

> *Robert J. Gould would like to make you the offer of a lifetime. Whatever you've got, he can make it better at a fraction of the price. No questions asked.*
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## Strategy

When you assign the common governor - **Robert J. Gould** - to a city, upgrading facilities in that city will cost less credits. This effect does not affect the cost of building brand new facilities or facilities that are currently being uograded.

This effect cannot be boosted, so this governor does not have the power booster ability.

## Lore

There are household names in the age of terraforming who earned the respect of their superiors and the admiration of the public by way of their virtues: a brilliant mind, a noble heart, a courageous spirit, or just pure business acumen. Robert J. Gould is no such name. He's the man you call when you need to sell whatever detritus fell off the back of the Jovian convoy at a markup, and fast.⁣

Gould began his "illustrious" merchant career in New York City, offering historic walking tours of the hallowed United Nations building. When UN officials informed him that they did not allow unlicensed tours, particularly to those with no security clearance, Gould vacated the premises to run a cheaply purchased used freighter parts shop in Queens. While his below standard wares thankfully led to no fatalities, his unscrupulous business practices finally forced him to leave the city entirely, hopping a shuttle to Mars. By the time the shuttle landed, Gould had sold shares of beachfront property in Elysium to a third of his fellow passengers, which resulted in him being brought before Vivica Matiba-Cavalcanti. Apparently, on top of there not yet being a beach to speak of, that Elysium property was not his to sell.⁣

⁣Rather than bring formal charges against what appeared to be a small-time grifter, VMC made Gould an unexpected offer. If he pledged his loyalty to Horizon, she said, he could apply his passion for the pitch to merchandise, property and technology that's actually worth something. Robert believed at first that he was being conned, as this was the sort of once-in-a-lifetime opportunity he might promise to someone else before skipping town. It didn't take much more convincing once he got his eyes on his first paycheck, of course. Now Gould finds himself in a rare position, with a sizable fortune to bolster his perpetually shameless wheelings and dealings. It doesn't seem to have occurred to him yet that he might be in over his head...

*From Terragenesis's Instagram page*

## Trivia

* The name "Gould" is a variant of the surname "Gold," implying his infatuation with money.
Green Roofs

## Introduction

**Green Roofs** are special buildings that are only available in the All Hands on Deck event. It increases biomass levels by a minor amount while also reducing temperature and water. This undesirable set of attributes makes it extremely difficult to justify its usage in said event. Levels beyond **V** are only reached through events.

"*Every flat-shaped roof represents the potential for life; implementing green roofs in our cities will remove heat from the air, lower the temperature surrounding the building, foster mini-ecosystems, and provide much-needed shade on hot days.*" - In-game Description

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode. The Culture modifiers accounts for the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Rhea

## Paradise Habitability

> *The second-largest of Saturn's moons, Rhea is also the second-smallest body in the solar system to have reached hydrostatic equilibrium, which among other things means that it has a differentiated core.*
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## About

**Rhea** is the second largest moon of the Saturnian system. It has rings, which makes it the first rings of a moon in the solar system.

## Strategy

Although it should not be hard, Rhea does pose the same water issue as other Moons of Saturn, etc. like Dione, Tethys, Mars, Venus, Ganymede etc.. It is another ice world, but it is larger than the others. With over a million centimeters of ice, it will take a little longer to get rid of it, like on Iapetus.

## Trivia

* Rhea is said to have a liquid water ocean beneath is surface.
* Rhea has a strange shape not like any other moon.
* Rhea has a thin atmosphere, made of CO2 and oxygen.
* Rhea was thought to have a ring system circling around it. however, upon Cassini making its flyby to Rhea. no Rings were ever detected around the Moon. leaving the Likelihood of Rhea having Rings very unlikely. however, an Equatorial Chain of Bluish Marks were discovered. hinting of Past Impacts of Deorbiting Ring Material.
Carbon Impact Points

**Carbon Impact Points**, referred to as CIP in the game announcements, are a new form of collectible tokens added in the 6.0 update. They are obtained through watching ads, making Genesis Points purchases, straight up purchasing them, and sometimes in the Limited Time Events. Carbon Impact Points contribute to what is called "My Forest" in game, accessible thought an icon on the right side of a world's home screen, in the same row as the Fast-Forward icon. Each 60 CIP (was 50 before, now 30 since October 2023) grant you one tree planted in real life, thanks to the Ecologi partnership. There's an objective tree goal, and rewards listed with it. Once you plant enough trees to reach the goal you'll get the rewards.

Some transmissions rewarded 3 points/transmission in certain locations in 2021 (they always reward 2 points now).
Reforestation

## Introduction

**Reforestation** is a special building that is only available in the All Hands on Deck event. It increases biomass levels by a moderate amount and oxygen by half of that. While it also generates a welcome profit, it is not even close to being as land efficient as Spaceports. This is especially so if you consider that they also require many more accompanying structures to offset the oxygen increase (and if you use Carbon Fixers, yet more pressure increase). Levels beyond **V** are only reached through events.

"*It's not enough to stop cutting down trees -- we must replant them, quickly, and in large quantities. Additionally, we will need to monitor them to ensure their growth is healthy, balanced, and conducive to revitalizing the local ecosystem.*" - In-game Description

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode. The Culture modifiers accounts for the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Moons of Neptune

*Visit Moon of Neptune for original page*

> *The main moon of Neptune named for one of the Gods of the sea.*
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## Introduction

Since Neptune is a gas/ice giant that cannot possibly be terraformed, we get to terraform its moon instead. This moon is for sale.

## Planets

The Moons of Neptune bundle is the only bundle that contains one world only.

## Why Moons of Neptune?

The reason why it is Moons of Neptune it is because Neptune has 14 moons in real life, despite only one being in game.

The 14 moons of Neptune are:

* Despina
* Galatea
* Halimede
* Hippocamp
* Laomedeia
* Larissa
* Naiad
* Nereid
* Neso
* Proteus
* Psamathe
* Sao
* Thalassa
* Triton
Project Ishtar

In TerraGenesis' lore, **Project Ishtar** is a project set up by the Daughters of Gaia. They set up engineering feats on several worlds that will automatically terraform worlds to paradise habitability.

## Historical Earths

The calibration of Project Ishtar is the entire premise of the Historical Earths campaign. Here is how Gaian Vicereine Alana Lee describes this in the Vaalbara Dialogue preceding any game on Vaalbara:

*You’re interfering with the calibration of Project Ishtar: a machine learning simulation that will use our engineering systems to auto-terraform.*

*All throughout the solar system, we have nearly-finished feats of engineering. As soon as the construction of these facilities is complete, the engineering systems will turn on.*

*Those systems’ functions will be determined by how project Ishtar is developed. If we want this terraforming A.I. to work properly, we have to train it properly.*

## Damage Control

Project Ishtar also features in the Sons of Hephaestus' Live Event called Damage Control (link to first iteration of this event). The leader of the Sons of Hephaestus, Te Hau Arataki says that Project Ishtar was set off on Mercury, and she wants you to restore the world to its original state.

## Name Origin

In the lore provided for Gaian governor Kainoa Akna Kalani, as well as the lore provided for Rebecca Freyja O'Rourke, we learn that the Gaian capital on Venus is called Ishtar. It is likely the project was named after that capital, especially since the Gaian faction originates from Venus.
Lea

> *After winning employee of the month every month for her 48th consercultive month in a row, Lea was unanimously voted in as mine supervisor. She (obviously) became so popular that employees purposefully sought out new veins to stay under her happy-go-lucky management.*
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## Strategy

When assign the legendary governor - Lea, to an outpost, all mines in that outpost will have its duration increased. In other words, take longer time to deplete.

This effect cannot be boosted, so this governor does not have the power booster ability.

## Lore

Not much is known about Lea’s early life; taken to a shelter after her previous owner passed due to old age, Lea was already an adult dog by the time she was adopted. Her new owners — a game developer and actress — fell in love with her happy face and calm demeanor, which easily charmed anyone who met her.

Life’s twists and turns took the small family from their home in sunny Los Angeles to a tiny mining town many states over. They were all quickly embraced by the community, but it was Lea who became something of a local celebrity. It wasn’t long before people would take up “Leaspotting,” snapping photos of Lea while running errands or eating at one of the few diners in town, cementing her popularity and prestige across all social media platforms.

As if Lea couldn’t become more beloved, it was her actions that saved the day when structural concerns in a local dam threatened the mine. Lacking the machinery and time normally available, the town made do by equipping Lea with plenty of gadgets and sending her through the dam’s tunnels to check for problem areas. She quickly sniffed out the trouble, and engineers were able to address everything swiftly and safely.

Crisis averted, the entire town was incredibly grateful for her actions — ceremoniously giving her the key to the city, naming a street after her, and even declaring her estimated birthday a holiday. The local park erected a statue in her honor, and diners created some dog-friendly menu options to cater to Lea’s tastes. One diner in particular crafted a table and chair tailor-made to account for Lea’s height and served her meals in a dog bowl engraved with her name.

But none were more grateful than the miners, whose lives (and livelihoods) were most at stake. The miners begged Lea’s owners to allow her to visit from time to time, which they were happy to oblige. Every month after the incident, she was consistently named employee of the month, and after four straight years of victory, she was unanimously voted in as an honorary mine supervisor. She embraced her role and continued to regularly visit the miners, who always had plenty of treats, toys, and belly rubs for their favorite boss.

## Trivia

* She is the first, and only, non-human governor added to the game, and the first neutral/no-faction governor added in game after the addition of FFI.
* Lea is the only governor that is real. She is Alexander Winn’s dog.
Reef Institute

> *The cultivation of a stable aquatic biosphere is a massive undertaking that will require thousands of experts in hundreds of fields, from genetics to ecology xenobiology and more. Under the direction of a widely-renowned scientist Prokhor Zakharov, the Reef Institute brings the many disparate threads of this effort under one roof, where scientists can mingle and share their efforts in both focused and interdisciplinary studies.*
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## Introduction

**Reef Institutes** allows the addition of aquatic species when playing with the biosphere feature.

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode. The Culture modifiers can alter the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Moon of Neptune

> *The main moon of Neptune named for one of the Gods of the sea.*
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## Introduction

Since Neptune is a gas or an ice giant that cannot possibly be terraformed, we get to terraform its moon instead. This moon is for sale.

## Planets

The Moon of Neptune bundle is the only bundle that contains one world only. (In real life Neptune has 14 moons)

## Real Life Moons of Neptune

* Despina
* Galatea
* Halimede
* Hippocamp
* Laomedeia
* Larissa
* Naiad
* Nereid
* Neso
* Proteus
* Psamathe
* Sao
* Thalassa
* Triton
Gwynn Badejo

> *Owing to his own experience with albinism, Badejo has become one of the foremost experts in Hab design and efficient radiation shielding to prevent cancers and other ailments. This has allowed the Sons of Hephaestus to build surprisingly large communities within very harsh environments.*
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## Strategy

When you assign the common governor - **Gwynn Badejo** - to a city, the Hab facilities in that city will be able to fit more population.

This governor does not have the power booster ability, because none of his effects can be boosted.

## Lore

As the Sons of Hephaestus grew, they gained a reputation as a bunch of spaceborne frontiersman, roughing it in remote reaches outside the bounds of UNSA law where only hardened survivors dared go. While the Hephaestians were happy to take all manner of followers, they did often settle in extreme locales marked by uncontrolled temperature shifts or radiation. This meant those traveling alongside Rex Jansson required a level of devotion which eclipsed concerns for their own well-being. One such ardent devotee is Gwynn Badejo, a foremost expert in safeguarded habitation designs.

Badejo was born in a refugee settlement on Mercury, in the early days of mass migration when living in a hab shelter was a serious risk. He was born with albinism, meaning he would be more susceptible to skin cancer with greater exposure to sunlight. He was forced to leave Mercury with his mother, who found work as an engineer in a mining commune on Mars. She taught Gwynn her trade, and he began innovating on these concepts from an early age with hope in his heart to one day return to the rest of his family.

Soon enough, miners began spreading Te Hau Arataki's literature, and rumors began to swirl of a movement to turn her words into action. His mother mostly disregarded these treatises, but Gwynn took to them as he had to his studies, enamored with the notion of preserving the distinct natural beauty of every planet rather than shaping it to fit a homogenous vision. When Rex Jansson himself visited the area, he immediately recognized Gwynn's talent and spoke to him as an equal. Despite his mother's protests, he made the painful decision to travel with Jansson further out into space, to help build independent stations for the Sons of Hephaestus.

Badejo quickly became an invaluable asset, fitting right in with the Sons' army of engineers and excelling at the construction of habs safe from extreme temperatures and radiation. And while he still pines to reunite with his family so near to the Sun, he knows that time will arrive on its own. Until then, he is proof that there is a home for anyone among the Hephaestians willing to use their gifts to build a safer life for everyone.

*From Terragenesis' Instagram page*

## Trivia

* He is West-African (most likely Nigerian) as implied by his surname.
Etta Thitapura

> *A curious and talented inventor, Thitapura has made significant contributions to fields as diverse as medicine, industry, networking technologies, consumer holographics, and rocket science.*
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## Strategy

When you assign the rare governor - **Etta Thitapura** - to a city, that city's birthrate will increase. This effect does not affect population growth caused by facilities, such as the Children's Creche, or by events, such as Population Boom.

Birthrate is fairly low early, but it increases the more population the city has, so this effect is more useful late game than early game.

Secondly, upgrading already built facilities in that city will take less time. This effect does not affect the time it takes to build brand new facilities or facilities that are already being upgraded.

This governor's power booster ability only affects Birthrate and not Upgrade Time, since Upgrade Time cannot be boosted.

## Lore

From Terragenesis' Instagram page.

The scientific advancement to propel humanity into space required a new level of creative problem solving, and some innovators entered the early space age quite well equipped. Even as a young girl, Etta Thitapura saw beyond outmoded ideas and found connections between disciplines which, as she came of age, led to multiple technological breakthroughs. Beginning her career as a neonatal specialist, which first brought her into contact with fellow trailblazer Yvonne Genet, Etta soon branched out into such diverse fields as networking, holographics, and rocket propulsion. She finally determined that with all of these inventions to her name it may be time to incorporate, and thus Infinity Industries was founded.⁣

As a CEO, Thitapura soon found that all the time spent building the Infinity brand took away from the study and experimentation that she loved. What's more, she found a formidable business rival in Horizon CEO Appolo Matiba, and while their competitive rapport led to a sort of tenuous friendship, this only added to the strain Etta felt focusing on profit over invention. The resource needs of an interplanetary megacorp, and the maneuvers to prevent Horizon from declaring a monopoly over all spacefaring tech, exhausted her to the point she considered selling her company to Matiba. She saw in the contract, though, that this would make all her patents proprietary to Horizon, meaning they would be kept from the public unless deemed profitable.⁣

Determined to seek a solution which favored public access to her inventions, Thitapura reconnected with Dr. Genet, who put her in touch with the leaders of the UNSA. Layla al-Battani proposed that if she came to work for them, the UNSA would provide public funds to make vital Infinity Industries tech available as a service. Eager to pursue this plan and return to the lab, Etta sold off the physical assets of her company while giving her patents to the UNSA. As a result, such inventions as zero G nurseries, exotic microbial vaccinations, and surface-to-orbit holographic comms found their way into common use on all planets, and Thitapura found happiness as the UNSA's Chief Technological Strategist.
Faizah Kirmani

> *Known for having the self-described "Midas Touch," Kirmani's superstardom has allowed her to single-handedly launch careers and turn struggling hobbyists into global success stories through her social media empire.*
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## Strategy

When you assign the common governor - **Faizah Kirmani** - to a city, the Culture Revenue that city produces increases. This is the revenue a city earns because of events like Trade Route Established or The League. This effect does not affect revenue produced by facilities such as the Coral Reef.

Using this governor, plus the power boost exploit, is an amazing source of revenue. This works even when have only just started a game, because culture revenue isn't hard to build up in a city.

## Lore

Not many influencers in the last 400 years can claim to have conquered social media on Earth, let alone across the entire settled solar system. But while her meteoric rise to superstardom has made Faizah Kirmani a household name across multiple worlds, her self-described "Midas Touch" is perhaps her most defining trait, launching countless other brands beyond the stratosphere.⁣

Kirmani first entered the public eye as a cast member on the short-lived reality series "Elysium Life." The show was bankrolled by the Horizon Corporation as part of a campaign to promote the newly-developed Martian beachside communities of Elysium Mons as a trendy new home for Earth's wealthy elite. But in a program otherwise defined by false drama and shameless materialism, what really stuck with viewers was the bright-eyed sweetness and genuine, playful joy of Faizah Kirmani, the youngest of the aspiring starlets. Her obvious star quality catapulted her into the spotlight, and before the end of Elysium's first and only season she had been signed as a spokesperson and influencer for the Horizon Corporation. From there Kirmani quickly rose to icon status with her own Horizon-sponsored fashion line, beauty products, awards hosting gigs, and the #1 trending livestream on the budding social media platform, Liftoff.⁣

Kirmani could have chosen to commit all her energy to the advancement of her own image, which would have made her sponsors at Horizon perfectly happy. But (as her adoring fans are never tired of mentioning) as part of her contract she demanded the autonomy to invest a significant portion of her time, and substantial Horizon resources, toward her passion projects. These included campaigns promoting equal access to space resettlement resources for low-income families, cutting-edge astronomy tech advances for every classroom on Earth and Mars, and chiefly, increased access to space-age engineering training for young girls, something Faizah never had but always wanted. While the limelight suits her just fine, the knowledge that her work is lifting a thousand new voices to the cosmos is what truly keeps Faizah smiling for the cameras.

*From TerraGenesis's instagram page*

## Trivia

* Her sari-inspired outfit hints at a South Asian origin.
* The blue bindi on her forehead suggests that she is Hindu.
Ishtar

**Ishtar** is the Gaian capital city, located on Venus in the Ishtar Terra region. It is the namesake of Project Ishtar, and the center of the Daughters of Gaia.

## Trivia

It is unlikely to be the largest city (the largest city is likely to be located at 1N 165 W due to it being the highest point within 3 degrees of the equator).
Pocket Mine

## Introduction

The **pocket mine** is made to raise the pressure of the body it is on. Opening these **pocket mines** will also release some oxygen and other noble gasses, these noble gasses are sold for some credits.
Levels beyond **V** are only reached through events.

"*Even planets with the thinnest of atmospheres contain pockets of gas locked deep beneath the surface. Some of these gas pockets can be massive, containing thousands of tonnes of CO2 and more. By finding these pockets and, very carefully of course, releasing their gas contents into the open air, we can thicken the global atmosphere quite quickly.*" - Ingame Description

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode. The Culture modifiers accounts for the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Moons of Uranus

> *Five moons named for characters of classical English literature.*
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## Introduction

Since Uranus is a gas or ice giant that cannot possibly be terraformed, we get to terraform its moons instead. This set of moons is for sale. Or can get it inthe all access pass.

## Planets

 Ariel | Medium
 Umbriel | Hard
 Titania | Easy
 Oberon | Easy

\*In real life Uranus has 27 moons.
Orcus

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Orcus is a world that can also be Unplayable like the gas planets and Gonggong. It has 1 moon called Vanth. It is gray. But Vanth could be brown or red.
Habitability/Building Effects

This table is meant to help stabilize worlds, by showing in one easy to oversee place which buildings influence which stats.

The easiest way to stabilize a world is to counteract the effects of the facilities and demolish the useless of the facilities when paradise habitability is reached, not including Habitation facilities, so if the planet is out of control and experiences a collapse, people will huddle in those habitations and you won't need to worry about the cities being abandoned.

However, when the Biospheres option is enabled, the oxygen stat will keep fluctuating because of the world's species, so simply demolishing everything useless will not lead to a perfectly stable world.

Some expert mode exclusive events, such as Solar Winds, can also permanently and continuously decrease or increase a stat, which then need to offset with facilities, again rendering the 'just disable everything' solution useless.

The biomass stat converts to oxygen when the Biospheres function is enabled (except for the Comet Sling, in Biospheres, it switches instead to heat.).

All values are based on Level I facilities, and neutral Culture values.
Automated Nursery

> *Designing organisms is only half the challenge of a building a new biosphere from scratch: we also have to cultivate and spread the organisms across the surface. By automating this process, we can quickly design and seed new species across the world, to speed the way to the establishment of a self-sustaining biosphere.*
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## Introduction

An **Automated Nursery** allows the addition of terrestrial species when playing with the biosphere feature.

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode.

The Culture modifiers can alter the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Blossoming

The Blossoming is an event in TerraGenesis lore history. It is the name for the moment the Gaians let their presence on Venus be known, and emerged as a force to be reckoned with. It was only mentioned in Rebecca Freyja O'Rourke's lore.

*A direct descendant of the legendary Gaian founder Eleanor Lee, Admiral Lee was a rising star in the Gaian military during a critical moment: after more than a century hiding beneath the clouds of Venus, the Gaians were preparing to launch a powerful fleet and unveil themselves to the rest of humanity in an event called the Blossoming. Their marriage formed a power-couple that would reshape Gaian history forever: Rebecca the heart and soul of a new religion in bloom, Zhou the clenched fist of an empire on the rise.*
Forest Stand

*Not to be confused with Kelp Forest*

## Introduction

These **forest stands** have the ability to raise the biomass of the body it is on. These trees produce a lot of oxygen while taking a lot of water.
Levels beyond **V** are only reached through events.

"*The great forests of Earth developed over the course of thousands or even millions of years, a timescale which is impractical for our colonization timetable. If we plant artificial forest stands in strategic places around the planet, we can accelerate the growth of new forests and solidify the planetary biosphere in a much shorter timeframe.*" - Ingame Description

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode. The Culture modifiers accounts for the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Lola Faradova

> *A leading figure in the Uzbekistani community on Mercury during the Oxygen crisis of 2194, Faradova pioneered new methods for long-term survival in low-oxygen environments.*
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## Strategy

When you assign the common governor - **Lola Faradova** - to a city, facilities in that city that reduce the world's oxygen level will reduce oxygen levels even more.

## Lore

From Terragenesis's Instagram page.

Children once dreamed of becoming astronauts. Then, once it became commonplace to travel the solar system, some began to seek an even higher calling: to become explorers of the wider galaxy. Lola Faradova was one such dreamer, but when her family accepted an offer to join a small group of Uzbekistani refugees in settling a still-underdeveloped Mercury, she was shuttled far inward from the edges of the solar system, and feared she may never get to realize her dream of visiting a distant star.

Faradova took this setback in stride, knowing that her community needed her help to accomplish another extraordinary feat: to build the first self-sustaining city on the Sun's closest planet. As her peers toiled with the routine mechanics of Hab construction and terraforming which had been pioneered on Mars, she read up on protocols and tech experiments in the field of long-term survival in deep space, especially those related to oxygen rationing. This knowledge proved invaluable on her 25th birthday, when a cascading system failure across all of New Tashkent caused air flow to reverse, leading to emergency containment and the slow venting of oxygen reserves out into Mercury's thin atmosphere.

The city's governors knew an evacuation may be inevitable, but feared this would make refugees of its inhabitants once more. Stepping forth with an alternate plan, Faradova convinced everyone that repairs and survival would be possible with a proper rationing of oxygen. As her family and friends hunkered down in their Habs, exercising limited breathing techniques and emergency air filtration methods, Faradova and a small crew of engineers worked about the exterior, repairing leaks and manually diverting oxygen flow. Thanks to her efforts, thousands survived in these rigorous conditions for weeks, until an emergency convoy finally arrived.

Faradova was declared a hero on Mercury, and when the Far-Future Institute reached out she saw her shot at destiny and took it. Painful though it was to leave the home she had made, the opportunity to apply her insight on low-oxygen survival as a leader in the FFI's deep space exploratory division was simply too incredible to pass up.
CyanoVats

## Introduction

**CyanoVats** have the ability to increase the amount of oxygen of the body it is on. These so-called *vats* contain cyanobacteria or blue green algae that uses CO2 and processes it into energy for food and excess oxygen for human consumption. Because the blue green algae consume CO2 rapidly, the pressure will start to drop at -10 every minute. Levels beyond **V** are only reached through events.

"*When the Earth was young and life was new, the atmosphere was gradually filled with oxygen due to the efforts of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae. Even before life can survive on the surface, cultivated gardens of cyanobacteria can help convert the atmosphere into one a little bit more like that of Earth.*" - Ingame Description

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in the time needed compared to Normal Mode. The Culture modifiers accounts for the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Deep-Sea Collective

> *Once an aquatic ecosystem begins to take hold, it is important to maintain careful observation of it to make sure all the new species are interacting as expected. The establishment of an undersea research station will help aid these efforts, allowing more rapid deployment of new species into our burgeoning biosphere.*
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## Introduction

**Deep-Sea Collectives** allows the addition of aquatic species when playing with the biosphere feature.

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode.

The Culture modifiers can alter the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Europa

## Paradise Habitability

> *If life exists beyond Earth in our solar system, it could very well exist on Europa. Slightly smaller than Earth's Moon and blanketed by sheets of ice many kilometers thick, it is theorized that Europa also has a sub-surface ocean of liquid water, warmed by the tidal forces of Jupiter's gravity.*
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## About

**Europa** is a natural satellite of the giant planet Jupiter. It is one of the 4 main moons of Jupiter.

It has a tremendous amount of water that is all frozen in Its crust, or apart of its subsurface ocean (The game does not include the subsurface ocean, however).

## Strategy

The first job is to mostly get rid off of the nearly 2-kilometer thick ice. Build a lot of Ice Launchers. The Ice Launchers can get rid the 1 pressure (because of its extremely thin atmosphere). After you got rid of its very tenuous atmosphere, the oxygen instantly zeros out, getting rid of the oxygen-rich atmosphere. After that can begin terraforming as usual.

## Trivia

* Europa is one of icy moons of the solar system that exhibits evidence of cryovolcanoes, which are volcanoes that spew out ice instead of lava. Other bodies include Enceladus, Titan, Miranda, Triton, Pluto, Ceres and Charon.

* Europa has a liquid ocean below the surface, such that there is a possibility of life.

* Europa was named after Europa, the Phoenician mother of King Minos of Crete and lover of Zeus.
Oxygen Plant

## Introduction

This **oxygen plant** has the ability to raise the oxygen of the body it is on. While being quite slow, it has the advantage of not altering one of the other terraforming statistics.
Levels beyond **V** are only reached through events.

"*Even when oxygen isn't present in a planet's atmosphere, there are often still huge quantities of it available, hidden away in more complex molecules on the surface, or in other atmospheric gasses such as carbon monoxide and dioxide. By gathering these sources and freeing the component oxygen molecules, we can begin to re-introduce it into the atmosphere.*" - Ingame Description

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode. The Culture modifiers accounts for the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Planet Classification

This is a list of all the types of planet you can find while terraforming. There are many types, but here are the basics:(please note that a planet can have more than one class, for example Venus , which is classed as Boiling and Dense Atmosphere):

### Terran/ Habitable-

a planet that is suitable for life. There are three types.

* Plant life- a planet with suitable conditions for plant life and microorganism.
* Habitable- planet suitable for human life.(ex. Lethe)
* Paradise- a planet perfect for life when all terraforming stats are within five percent of their goals.(ex. Earth)

### Barren/ Uninhabitable-

a planet where no Earth-like life exists.

* Oceanic/ Humid- a planet with way too much water, shown by a vast planet spanning ocean. (ex. Pontus )
* Non Oceanic/ Arid- a planet with little water. (ex. Moon )
* Cold- a planet that has low temperatures but has less water than Frozen planets, will not possibly flood the surface. (ex. Io)
* Frozen- a planet that has low temperatures and a global ice cap which will possibly flood the surface. (ex. Europa )
* Boiling- a planet with high temperatures and a vast amount of water in the atmosphere. (ex. Vaalbara )
* Melting/ Volcanic- planets with sufficiently high temperatures to melt the surface, which is shown from lava seas visible on the surface.
* Dense Atmosphere/ Venusian- a planet with a atmosphere above 190000 Pa, which can crush your facilities in an event. (ex. Vênus)
* Thin Atmosphere/ Martian- a planet with a atmospheric pressure below 10000 Pa, has little water. (ex. Mercury Mars )
* Oxygenic Atmosphere- a planet with an atmosphere with high amounts of oxygen. (ex. Boreas )
* Non Oxygenic Atmosphere- a planet with an atmosphere with low amounts of oxygen. (ex. Mars )

### Special-

a planet which has special effects and things.

* Ch-atmosphere- a planet with an changeable atmosphere(variations on the percentage of O2 and the pressure).(ex. Aja)
* Ch-water- a planet with changeable sea level.(ex. Ruaumoko)
* Ch-Organism- a planet that will affect the biosphere. (ex. Ragnarok Earth)
* Dangerous- a planet that will poss a threat on the process of the Terraformation (ex. Damu Aranyani)
* Evanescence- a planet that will directly kill people (ex. Lethe Asintmah)

(if anyone thinks there is more feel free to add)
Dania

## Paradise Habitability

> *66 - 61 Million Years Ago*
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> *And the dinosaurs are gone...*
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> *The world has been devastated by the Chicxulub impact, and the coinciding volcanic eruptions. 75% of all life on Earth has been wiped out, and what remains struggles under blanketing clouds, plummeting temperatures, and darkened skies.*
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## About

This world can only be played after completed Cretacea. Completing Dania will unlock Chibania.

Victory is achieved when reach 100% independence and have fulfilled either the mission Alana gave (paradise habitability) or the one Red gave (kept stats within 5% of original stats). You don't need to complete the normal goal for the faction of chosed (500.000.000 population for the UNSA / 1.000.000.000c revenue for Horizon Corporation).

Regardless of what player did on the previous planets, you can still choose to fulfill Red's or Alana's mission.

*You have been granted access to a secret project under development by a foreign power: an automated system currently being taught how to terraform a planet.*

*One side wants you to terraform to Paradise, the other wants you to maintain the starting stats of the planet. it's up to you who to side with. At the time you reach completion for each world, your choice will be finalized in the computer's memory.*

When you start playing Dania, the world will already be producing 12 biomass/ minute because of natural growth.

## Strategy

Despite being classified as hard, Dania is significantly easier than other planets with the same title such as Earth, Ragnarok, etc. Dania has a lot of ice. If not careful while terraforming, this could melt and flood the planet. If choose to complete Alana's mission, be sure to get rid of this water by building some Ice Launchers first.

## Trivia

* This world is based on the Daniense (66-61.6 Ma) is the oldest age and floor of the three that make up the Paleocene (66-59.2 Ma), This is the Earth after a world-killer cosmic impacted. The planet is still recovering from the Chicxulub impact until 61 million years ago. Dinosaurs and gians reptiles are extinct and mammals are now taking their first true steps.
* The Rocky Mountains are still forming while the planet recovers from the mass extinction.
* The descriptions "And the dinosaurs are gone..." is a possible reference to this video. History of the entire world, I guess.
Coastal Habitat Restoration

## Introduction

The **Coastal Habitat Restoration** is a special building that is only available in the All Hands on Deck event. It has the ability to raise the biomass of the body it is on. Levels beyond **V** are only reached through events.

"*New methodology in coastal habitat restoration has always been a struggle for various reasons, but a multi-pronged effort consisting of planting native species, culling invasive species, creating nest areas for migratory birds, and repairing the natural flow of water is urgently required..*" - In-game Description

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode. The Culture modifiers accounts for the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Boreas

## Paradise Habitability

> *Lingering on the outer edge of its solar system, Boreas is the coldest world yet to be targeted for hominization, but you and your crew are ready to land and determined to make this world your home.*
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## About

Boreas is a fictional planet that is very far away from its host star. It has 3 moons, Zephyrus of size class II (small), Notos of size class I (tiny) and Eurus of size class I (tiny).

## Strategy

Despite the difficultly rating of 'Medium,' the process is noticeably easier. Remove the pressure to quickly get rid of the 452,946 ppm of oxygen, and then increase the pressure and add oxygen. Alternatively, you can use Carbon Fixers to remove oxygen while increasing pressure. In exception to the Daughters Of Gaia, paradise habitability is not required. Therefore water draining is deemed unnecessary, and flooding is exceedingly rare, simply increase the temperature to approximately 273,150 mK, the freezing point of liquid water, using the Soletta. Be cautious of sea level, because it might increase too rapidly due to Habitation Domes and other facilities that generate water.

It might be possible to use the Soletta to increase both temperature (272,651 mK) and water to paradise levels. Do **not** use fast-forward while the Soletta is increasing temperature.

## Trivia

* It is named after Boreas, the Greek god of the north wind and bringer of winter.

* *Zephyrus* is the Greek god of the west wind.

* *Notus* was the Greek god of the south wind.

* *Eurus*  according to some was the southeast wind, but according to others the East wind.
Viriditas

**Viriditas** is the Gaian gospel. It professes interplanetary spreading of Earth-like life.

Rebecca Freyja O'Rourke's lore states:

*⁣Originally interested in becoming a painter, O'Rourke had a spiritual awakening on a mission to one of the outlying garden domes on Aphrodite Terra. In a moment of crystalline clarity while working in the greenhouses she perceived the interconnectedness of life as a singular and profound experience, a "green wave" spreading out from each individual seed into the infinite universe beyond. By the time she returned to the Gaian capital city of Ishtar she had resolved that she would make her mark in the religious Sisterhood, spreading the Gaian gospel of Viriditas.*

The Gaian governor lore states:

*The Rose Queen urges serenity in the face of those who would deny progress through violent means, for the world will soon see her truth: a planet is not a rock to keep hidden behind glass, but a seed just waiting to blossom.*

There is also a faction-specific event named Viriditas:

#### *Viriditas*

*A brand new Altar/Temple/Cathedral of Gaia has been constructed in [City], honoring the brave citizens of the Daughters of Gaia who have labored, fought, and given their lives to help spread life out into the universe.*
Solar System

The Solar System includes the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and the Moon, and Mars which are called terrestrial planets. All of these worlds can be terraformed, and are playable. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are gas giants, so they cannot be terraformed and are therefore not playable, but their moons can be terraformed and are playable. Pluto was a planet at first but has been demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006.

As of now, there are 8 discovered planets and 164 moons (excluding 43 provisional moons).

There was a Planet 9 hypothesis in 2016. Its existence has not been confirmed. The hypothesised gas giant supposedly has 9 moons.
Grass Farm

## Introduction

These **grass farms** have the ability to raise the biomass of the body it is on These crops only need some water to grow.
Levels beyond **V** are only reached through events.

"*Grass is rarely in the spotlight, but it provides fundamental nourishment for millions of animal species across the Earth and holds a vital place in the planetary biosphere. By developing and cultivating genetically-engineered grasses designed specifically for the local environment, we can begin literally laying the groundwork for entire future biomes.*" - Ingame Description

## Level Charts

Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode. The Culture modifiers accounts for the total *Biomass*, *Population*, *Credits*, *Research Time* and/or *Construction Time* gained/lost for the buildings/research.