[Space] Resources on Icy Terrestrial World

Krinberry · 08-11-2015, 05:57 PM

Hey, apologies in advance if this isn't the right place to ask or if I messed it up etc, but I had a question with regards to resources, in particular on terrestrial worlds that have an icy core (such as moons around gas giants far out in a system, etc).

Specifically, if I am rolling up a system and I get Abundant resources for a moon that's probably mostly ice, what sort of thing would this represent? I know that I can just make things up but are there any good guidelines folks know of or have come up with? Most of the other planet types are fairly easy to imagine, but beyond things like unusually high amounts of D or 3He in the ice, I can't think of a lot that would justify a better-than-average rating for most ice worlds.

Again sorry if this is a dumb question or in the wrong place, feel free to nuke it.

08-11-2015, 05:57 PM	#1
Krinberry Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada	[Space] Resources on Icy Terrestrial World Hey, apologies in advance if this isn't the right place to ask or if I messed it up etc, but I had a question with regards to resources, in particular on terrestrial worlds that have an icy core (such as moons around gas giants far out in a system, etc). Specifically, if I am rolling up a system and I get Abundant resources for a moon that's probably mostly ice, what sort of thing would this represent? I know that I can just make things up but are there any good guidelines folks know of or have come up with? Most of the other planet types are fairly easy to imagine, but beyond things like unusually high amounts of D or 3He in the ice, I can't think of a lot that would justify a better-than-average rating for most ice worlds. Again sorry if this is a dumb question or in the wrong place, feel free to nuke it.