habitat giga complex

[OneOfThemRangers]

A final upgrade for habitats after researching mega engineering. costs 10000 alloys. turns habitat into ring world segment like hab with a orbital ring. all districts have similar cost and upkeep requirements as a ring world segment and follows the same district rules as a hab but have 10 pops per district. the number of districts is base 8 plus the number of large orbitals one district per one. additionally resources such as research, mining, or generators will also be at a one to one ratio however adjacent systems with mining stations also add to available districts that can be built provided no other giga hab is using/ built districts for that resource. housing districts still can be converted into trade or hydroponics districts like a normal hab.

 

[Zergor]

I would really love that.
I am a sucker for tall play and anything that can allow me to have an hyper-world is a win for me, even if the cost is high.
Ring worlds are great but I would love the variety offered by an habitat equivalent option. Plus that would give an option for habitat species to keep their habitat bonus.

Plus thematically I like the idea of a gargantuan station built slowly to encompass an entire solar system.

I would imagine that like ecomenopolis or ringworld it should require an ascension perk. One that either require void dweller or the void dweller ascention as a prerequisite.

 

[OneOfThemRangers]

I would say that an additional ascension perk would be required or an additional research. i like the idea of a habitat able to make use of surrounding system resources.
Maybe have an influence cost to claim or a special build option for habs to be able to benefit from nearby system resources. when building a district the in system resources associated are claimed first and then nearby systems after those. Giga habs could even reach into other giga hab systems for resource claim if the other has not claimed it first. and yeah i like the idea of a supersized ecumenopolis like artificial world blacking out a star.