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Stargazers Terra System

Filename: Stargazers_TerraSystem_V90.zip
Author: Eric Gillespie (Stargazer) and Rich Wall (Hot Dog)
Type: Scenery
Size: 101mb

File Description:
This fictitious Extra solar system is a joint project in development. It is based on Dan North's and Topa's star wars maps. Even though this project is in development, this add-on is fully functional and will not overwrite any of Orbiter's original files.

All planetary textures are level 7. This Extra solar system contains 5 planets and 9 moons currently. More Planets and moons will be added in version 1.0. All the moons are Earth like and range from Ocean to desert to frozen wasteland, etc..

Review:
I have several star system add-ons and I must say this one is the best yet. Many of the planets/moons have absolutely stunning views. These are more then just colorful spheres, they are very believable looking planets. Some having extremely detailed looking textures. Craters, mountains, canals, oceans and other planetary formation can be seen. Some also have a moving cloud layer as part of the planets atmoshere.

Aries may be the best of this pack. It is some what similar to the Blue Mars addon. As you can imagine it is a shear joy coming up upon this moon. If you already have Blue Mars you will equally enjoy this one as well. It has many fascinating features to look at and take aerial snap shots of.

Most of the bodies have bases to land and take off from. A number of these base have the usual ships ready and waiting. The Delta Glider, the Shuttle A and the Pt. I find that these are not powerful enough to lift off of the more massive planets even though they were available there. Being that this is a Star Wars based system I like the idea of having the Millenium Falcon as my primary ship to explore this system. In a star system based on star wars I'm more interested in getting around quickly then in calculating Holman transfers.

Tip!
Check the Tip! section on the Millenium Falcon to get the power of a star wars type ship.

Related Links:
Blue Mars
Upsilon
Millenium Falcon
Tie

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