Have you ever wondered why you should have your first colony lightyears from home? Well this mod is the awnser, you can colonize asteroids and cold barren planets after terraforming them so that they can sustain life. This is the perfect way to start your journy as a multiplanetary spacefaring species.


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• Added a decision to add an terraforming modifier to asteroids, so that you can find them in the expansion planner.
  
• Added two new starting systems, where your home is an asteroid colony.

• Adds the possibility to terraform asteroids to habitable asteroids (terraform tech requiered)
  
(If you don't like the terraforming system, her is the mod without it:
mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1605941695 )

• Changed the tier of the terraform tech, so that you can start terraforming earlier
  
• Adds the possibility to colonize habitable asteroids
  
• Adds a new life support system building restricted to the asteroids that add habitability
  
• Adds a species trait which grants +45% asteroid habitability at game start (costs 1 point and 1 pick)
  
• Adds a fully functioning environment portrait to asteroids
  
• Adds three districts to asteroids (Living Quarters, Asteroid Mines, Leisure District)
  
• Adds multiple buildings for asteroids (and Luna and habitable cold barren planets)
  
• Adds an "Asteroid Miners" ascension perk
  
• Increases the colonization speed of asteroids.
  
• Adds the "Sol Asteroid" starting system, it is more detailed then the regular one and includes Ceres and Eros as habitable asteroids. Also Mars, Luna and Ganymede are colonizable (Luna and Ganymede have custom districts)
  
• Adds an Sol System, where Earth is nuked and you start on Ceres (only for regular empires)
  
• Adds an randomized starting system, where you start on an asteroid (only for regular empires)
  
• Adds a terraforming possibility to cold barren planets, so that they can be colonized

The mod should work with 2.2 without problems, but still is a work in progress.
I have not tested it for compatibility with some other mods, but it should work with all mods, that don't change:
00_urban_districts
02_rural_districts
00_soc_tech

This mod is Real Space compatible.


mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1614056388
If you use District Diversity you won't need a compatibility patch.

It adds compatibility for:
Planetary Diversity
PJs :: Beltalowda : Asteroid and Moon Bases


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If anyone wants to improve on the look of the Sol Asteroid starting system, subscribe to this texture patch:
mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1614153238
and the Real Sol Texture mod:
mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=731621473


2.1 Version of the mod: (Hit Monkey)
mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1321563947

All credits go to the origenal authors:

Original mod for 1.2 (Atreides)
mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=694492075

The Belt Updated for 1.6.1 (xl Zema lx)
mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=919110572