Sky Cities
Colossal arcologies suspended within the upper atmosphere of a gas giant, held aloft by specialized atmospheric buoyancy systems. These floating cities can provide a habitable environment for millions, shielding them from the crushing pressures and violent storms below.
Enabled by default: Yes
Build cost: 900,000¢
Build time: 60 days
Monthly upkeep: 6,000¢ * (colony size - 2)
Supply: (none)
Demand: (none)
Effects:
- Increases population growth by 1 * (colony size - 1).
- Ground defense malus of x0.05. (can be disabled via LunaLib settings)
- Accessibility bonus of +10%.
- Suppresses no atmosphere.
- Suppresses thin atmosphere.
- Suppresses dense atmosphere.
- Suppresses toxic atmosphere.
- Suppresses extreme weather.
- Suppresses inimical biosphere.
- Suppresses the hazard increase from water surface.
- Suppresses perpetual dust storm. (this condition is part of Unknown Skies)
- Suppresses military virus. (this condition is part of Unknown Skies)
- Suppresses psychoactive fungus. (this condition is part of Unknown Skies)
- Suppresses parasitic spores. (this condition is part of Unknown Skies)
- Suppresses chaotic structures. (this condition is part of Unknown Skies)
Notes:
- Sky Cities is the variant of Domed Cities that is automatically built on gas giants instead of the standard Domed Cities building. It shares the same enable/disable LunaLib setting as Domed Cities.
- Sky Cities has significantly higher build cost (3x) and monthly upkeep (6x) compared to the standard Domed Cities building, reflecting the difficulty of constructing and maintaining floating arcologies in a gas giant's atmosphere.
- Unlike Domed Cities, Sky Cities can be constructed on colonies with Extreme Tectonic Activity without requiring a Harmonic Damper, since the cities are suspended in the atmosphere rather than resting on the surface. It still cannot be constructed on colonies with Meteor Impacts.
- The list of conditions suppressed by this building can be configured by the player by modifying the CSV file here in the TASC mod folder.