Biomes

[Description of Biomes here]

## Jungle Biome

A grassy forest planet with benign trees and grass. However, they are also sometimes home to explosively growing space fungi. In terms of fauna, they house quite a few native lifeforms such as bees, large bees, boombugs, boombug queens and Giant Snakes protecting their eggs. Black Boxes are often lost here and must be retrieved from shipping containers.

## Ice Biome

A frigid place, constantly snowing with mysterious icy ruins in the background. It is commonly home to Frost Bombs, Ice Mantas and Tortoices. The outer layer is made of soft snow and can easily be mined through, but the innards of the planet are commonly harder rock. Between these two in durability, there is a blue ice-like material that is often present here. Ice planets are rarely solid in the middle, either having a large circular cave or many "strings" crisscrossing a hollow center. Space Pirates often have emplacements on these planets to defend their mines.

## Lava Biome

A durable biome made out of a solid dark rock. A common theme with these biomes is that the planets' molten core is exposed. The outermost layer is usually consistent, with some types having openings to the core. Other layouts include scattered rocks similar to an asteroid field, but made out of terrain instead. Lava biomes often house molten lava cores that may occasionally expand outwards, posing a risk to any drones under the surface. Lava Bombers, Stonemantas, Hammerheads, Fireflies and Lava Bombs spawn in these biomes.

## Asteroid Field

Notably one of the only biomes with no gravity nor air resistance. The asteroids are free floating destructible objects, allowing the player much freedom in their movements. These are only featured in isolated threat level 3 planets, being home to Disrupt the Corp Fracking Operation, Retrieve the Civilian Research and Destroy Space Pirate Outpost missions. The only wildlife found here are the rare Crystalmantas.

## Ore Planet

A planet with a resource rich crust made of Tritium and a core made out of Unobtanium. They are stated to be extremely unstable, and this manifests as a 2 minute 30 second time limit for all drones that visit. After this limit is reached, the planet explodes and the Nimbatus can no longer return. The Unobtainium core protected by a layer of extremely durable rock, with only Giga Drills or heavily mining-specialized weapons having a chance of breaking through within the time limit. There are splotches of very soft green rock spread through the upper Tritium crust. These are only featured in isolated threat level 1 planets, being home to the Collect As Many Resources As You Can mission.

## Corp Planet

A mechanized white planet, colonized by the Corp and covered in their tech. The whole planet is very durable, with Giga Drills being the best option to get through it. Buried in the ground are indestructible metal strips to thwart mining operations and extremely destructive Corp Mines. There are many harmless buildings with defense turrets scattered between them, with 3 Corp Broadcasters scattered around. The broadcasters power the shield at the center, holding the Nimbatus' warp drive captive. There is one to the left and another to the right of the Nimbatus, and one more near the core. There is a spiraling path that leads to the core. There is only one of these planets in the entire universe, at the end of Galaxy 4. There is no native life on this planet at all.

## Ancient Jungle Ruin

Pretty empty except for the giant snake room. The giant snake room is a large octagonal room with a smaller solid octagon in the middle. The octagon seems to be the source of gravity as VTOL Thrusters or Directional Sensors set to gravity will point towards it, despite there actually being no gravity in the world. These are only featured in isolated threat level 3 planets, being home to the Explore the Ancient Ruin mission.