How will stars work?When flying around a solar system and you get close up to a star, do you need to increase power to the shields to mitigate the radiation and the heat?And will there be solar flares where suddenly the radiation levels spike and you need to adjust the shields accordingly?Or will they just be sitting there without any special mechanics?asked by Atsu
I think in general that the stars inside of the various systems will be kind of in the center, you won't be able to get too close to them.We'll probably have some effect where you won't be able to auto-pilot and if you decide to get stubbornly point your nose towards them and keep flying, at some point we'll just start to deliver heat and then damage to your ship and eventually you'll fry up. Which is what you'd do if you were going into a star, but I don't think we'll be doing the thing where you're out in the solar system and there's a flare and you have to put up shields or whatever, although it's a pretty cool idea.I just think we'll make a star as being an area that you don't want to get to close to.
starfarer.space · 10 For the Chairman Episode 24. June 9th, 2014