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Old 12-07-2005, 03:30 PM   #28
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Default Re: Planet Destroyers

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Originally Posted by sir_pudding
How long until it's habitable?
Give it a million years or so to cool off and form a solid crust, and for the vulcanism to subside to something reasonable. Then you've got a thick atmosphere of all the gases that escaped the mantle that you need to get rid of. Since you've sterilized the planet, you don't have life to do that for you, and right now it is anyone's guess as to how long it takes life to evolve.

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