A typical gas giant.
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Gas giants are planets that can be seen in the Space stage. They cannot be visited as they are too dangerous for the player's ship. However, some gas giants have moons that can be visited. Gas giants come in many colors, and some have rings while others do not. Some gas giants appear to be tilted at an angle.
Notes[]
A gas giant viewed from its moon.
- On the list of planets while viewing the star, the moon(s) are listed, but not the gas giant that they orbit.
- Players' home systems have a gas giant, though it doesn't have a moon.
- Occasionally, a glitch can occur, and the gas giant may be inhabited by an AI empire, and the planet will produce white spice. Inhabited gas giants can be bought, but not captured or entered. As a result, it can be irritating to own a Gas Giant because a player cannot protect their colonies.
- It is somewhat ironic that the player cannot visit gas giants, even though they can withstand the enormous pressure in a black hole, which would make the pressure in a gas giant seem tiny by comparison.
- Strangely enough, gas giants have a green, red, or blue trail behind them, even though they are not habitable. This may be to make them fit in with the rest of the planets.
- You can't use Planet Busters on gas giants, as you can't get close enough to use them.
Trivia[]
- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune of the Sol System are Gas Giants. They have many moons, and the "surface" is mainly gas. The huge mass of these planets makes them attract a lot of matter with gravity, this is what makes the moons. Like in Spore, some of these natural satellites of the gas giants are large enough to support life if terraformed. Two examples of these are Ganymede of Jupiter and Titan of Saturn.
- If a Gas Giant has a moon, the player can seemingly visit the giant by going to its moon and zooming out (but not leaving the moon) whilst directly underneath the Gas Giant. If you go far enough, you will actually go inside the giant.
- Occasionally, Pirates will use their "Fake Artifact" signal on a gas giant, therefore misleading players to attempt to enter, although it is impossible.
- If a gas giant has both rings and a moon, the moon may appear to be inside the rings of the gas giant.
- Sometimes Gas Giants can be the only planet in a star system, however, it is quite rare
Gallery[]
Blue gas giant
Tilted gas giant
Purple gas giant
Blue gas giants
Orange gas giant
Triple Identical gas giants. Reliable photo. They all have no moons.
A gas giant as seen from its moon.
A gas giant as seen from its moon.
A gas giant in its glyphic form
A gas giant appears in the Spore introduction cinematic.
Glitches[]
Twin Gas Giant[]
Twin purple Gas Giants.
Very rarely, there is a glitch where there are 2 or more identical gas giants. This includes the moons as well, which are identical. This glitch is very rare, and it has only ever been recorded reliably four times.
