I've renamed this thread because I think this post belongs here.
Take a look at these two photos.
Although one hex in the first photo is partially occluded by the Sun, you can tell that Earth is four tiles distant. In the second photo, Caridea is also four tiles away from Atakoraka. This means the actual distances represented would have to be roughly equivalent. However, Atakoraka is a blue star whereas Sol is a yellow star. Blue stars burn much hotter than yellow stars. If the distance between Caridea and Atakoraka were even close to the distance between Earth to the Sun, the Festron would all be burnt to a crisp. These three planets--Caridea, Scarab and Neken--are all inhospitable for organic life.
Now, being my own worst critic, I have to nitpick on my nitpicking. It's possible that as an aquatic species the Festron live on the bottom of their oceans, and so are protected from the intense heat of their sun. I don't think that this theory stands up to scrutiny, however, because the tiles you have available for improvements don't appear to be on the bottom of the ocean. Additionally, the Festron are known to drop lone individuals onto alien planets, or so the lore says. That definitely seems more like the behavior of an amphibious species than a bottom-of-the-ocean species. Also, before I noticed the blue star thing, I had already written out an entire history of the Festron as an amphibious species, so I'm kind of invested at this point. . . .
Actually, it makes no difference for my AAR, since the whole thing happens in your imagination. But future AAR-writers might not have that luxury. Someone at Stardock should really get on this and fix all these plot holes! This has got to be a top priority! (sarcastic emoji)
