A yellow star
Yellow stars in the interstellar view
The player's homeworld always orbits a yellow star
A yellow star is the second most common type of star in the Space Stage. When the player is inside a planetary system, all yellow stars have identical color, size and brightness; being white-yellow, larger than red dwarfs but smaller than blue giants. From the interstellar view though, yellow stars vary slightly in color, from bright yellow to pale orange.
They are usually the single star in their planetary system, although they can form part of OG, GG and GM binary systems. The player's homeworld always orbits a single yellow star.
Planets around yellow stars typically yield yellow spice. All other spice types, except blue, are generated randomly according to the spice chart. The player's homeworld, however, always yields red spice, and the planet with the crashed spaceship never produces spice.
Trivia[]
- In real life, yellow stars are so bright that they appear white in space. The Sun only appears white-yellow or reddish due to the varying amount of air its rays have to travel through.
- Although the player's homeworld orbits a yellow star and they can spend nearly 1 trillion in-game years playing in the Cell or Creature Stage, in reality, yellow stars spend only 8 billion to 14 billion years in the primary sequence, becoming red giants afterwards. Further, a star's brightness also changes through the primary sequence, so a planet can only be habitable for a fraction of that duration.
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