After watching the Connie's commercial, we have been exposed to landing on an unexplored planet which is capable of being terraformed. What will we, the explorer of this planet be able to do? Will we be able to name it, decide what it's worth, decide the fate of pre-existing life, etc..?asked by Lemonsquid
TL;DRExplorers could likely name jump points, systems and perhaps planets and claim discoveries, but can't decide the fate of existing life because of the Fair Chance Act; anything further would come after 1.0.
If you were exploring a new- ... you've come through a jump point which is kinda what was happening in the Constellation commercial... you certainly would be able to name the jump point and the star system, and then if you came down to a planet, potentially you could be able to name the planet. You won't be able to decide the fate of pre-existing life - you should've read the small-print at the end of the commercial which said that it's a criminal act to break the Fair Chance Act, which is something that was put in place a few hundred years ago in the UEE to make sure that we, or Earth, or members of the UEE didn't interfere with evolving life forms. But I think there certainly will be the ability to claim something as a discovery. And stuff beyond that would be stuff that would be for versions of the game after 1.0.