VGA Planets Calculator - planets, structures, defense, population growth, death & taxes (2025)

Waypoint Distance & Travel Time

Waypoint 1:
Waypoint 2:
Distance (absolute): ly
Distance (rounded): ly

Warp123456789
Travel Time (turns)
Gravitronic (turns)

Movement: Movement Next-Turn Destination & Fuel Consumption

Ship is at:,
Ship heading to:,
Moving at Warp

Next turn the ship will be at (0,0).Distance traveled: 0 ly.


Fuel Consumption

# Beams Weapons:
# Torp Tubes:
Engines:
Hull Mass:
Beam Mass:
Torp Tube Mass:
Fuel:
Cargo:
Towed Mass:
Total Ship Mass:Fuel consumption calculated from total ship mass (hull+weapons+fuel+cargo+towed)

Fuel burned: 0 kt to travel 0 ly.


Movement speed with damage

Damage:%
Race:

Max speed = Warp

Ion Storms

Inspired by marklein's Ion Storm Navigator
which also contains more useful info on Ion Storms

Movement

Storm HeadingHeading in degrees (0-359). 0 is up, 90 is right, 180 is down, 270 is left.
Storm Speedwarp factor
Storm Voltage(in MeV) 0-49 = Class 1; 50-99 = Class 2; 100-149 = Class 3; 150-199 = Class 4; 200+ = Class 5
Ship MassSum of hull + engines + weapons + cargo + fuel, before this turn's cargo transfers. Heavier ships suffer less damage.
Ship Crewcrew may be killed by ion storms strong enough to damage the ship.
Ship Engine TechTech level of ship engines. Ships with high-tech engines suffer less damage.
If ship has at least 1kt of fuel on board. Ships with fuel suffer less damage.

Storm will move by ?? ly (left?/right?) and ?? ly (up?/down?)assuming the ion storm continues on its current course and speed. Note that ion storms can change course (+/- 10 degress per turn) and speed at each turn, and can change between minor storms that don't drag ships (<150MeV) and major storms that do drag ships.

Ship will be dragged ?? ly (left?/right?) and ?? ly (up?/down?)assuming the ion storm continues on its current course and speed (see above).

Ship will take ???% damage and lose ??? crew.

Minefields

# Torp:calculateRace:
Tech:Minelay Rate:%
mines laid
ly radius
Minefield costs 0 of each mineral, plus 0 MC to produce
Minefield can be swept with:
  • 0 beam weapons (at sweep rate (default=4 for normal mines, 3 for webmines))
    - or -
  • 0Colonies fighters (at sweep rate (default=20))

Minefield Decay

mines (?ly radius)
% per turn decay rate (host configuration)
After 1 turns:
next turn mines left
next turn minefield radius

Mine Hit Damage

Hull Mass:
Max Cargo:
Race:Lizard ships can sustain 150% damage before exploding
Damage TypeDamageRepair SuppliesRepair TurnsMax Warp
1 mine hit %/?
2 mine hit %/?
3 mine hit %/?
1 webmine hit%/?(also Fascist ship hit by Saber Class Frigate glory device)
2 webmine hit%/?(also Fascist ship hit by D19b Nefarious Class Destroyer glory device)

Planet Structures


Enter population (clans):
Max Factories:
Max Mines:
Max Defense:
or
StructuresRequired population
Factories: (clans)
Mines: (clans)
Defense: (clans)

Starbase Tech Levels Upgrade Cost

CurrentUpgradeCost
Hull: 0 MC
Engine:0 MC
Beam: 0 MC
Torp: 0 MC
Total0 MC

Planet / Starbase Defense

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Cutoff points for planetary defenses.
Starbases add 5 fighter bays, however many defense posts and fighters they have, and the beam tech will not be less than the beam tech level on the starbase.

ClansDefenseMassBeamsBaysFighters
111011Laser11
331031Laser12
441041Laser22
551051X-Ray Laser22
771072X-Ray Laser23
991092X-Ray Laser33
13131132Plasma Bolt34
16161162Plasma Bolt44
19191193Plasma Bolt44
21211213Plasma Bolt45
25251253Blaster55
31311313Blaster56
36361363Blaster66
37371374Blaster66
41411414Positron Beam66
43431434Positron Beam67
49491494Positron Beam77
99571574Positron Beam78
171611615Disruptor78
246641645Disruptor88
579731735Disruptor89
1011811815Disruptor99
1275851855Heavy Blaster99
1731911916Heavy Blaster910
25501002006Heavy Blaster1010
37711112116Heavy Blaster1011
40191132136Phaser1011
50911212216Phaser1111
59791272277Phaser1111
69391332337Phaser1112
88861442447Phaser1212
90751452457Heavy Disruptor1212
114991572577Heavy Disruptor1213
142111692698Heavy Disruptor1313
172111812818Heavy Phaser1313
177391832838Heavy Phaser1314
213661962968Heavy Phaser1414
259712113118Heavy Phaser1415
279392173179Heavy Phaser1415
306752253259Heavy Phaser1515
365312413419Heavy Phaser1516
424862563569Heavy Phaser1616
4889127137110Heavy Phaser1616
4977927337310Heavy Phaser1617
5717128938910Heavy Phaser1717
6609930740710Heavy Phaser1718
7512632442410Heavy Phaser1818
7901133143111Heavy Phaser1818
8589934344311Heavy Phaser1819
9677136146111Heavy Phaser1919
Planet Defense:
Starbase Defense:
Starbase Fighters:
Starbase Beam Tech:
Planet owner race
Combat Mass: kt
# Beams:
# Bays:
# Fighters:

It would take hits( fired) torpedoesto destroy this base

assuming no beam weapons fired, and each torpedo has a% chance of hitting target

Ground Combat

Attacker Ratio: : 1
Attacker Clans:
Defender Ratio: : 1
Defender Clans:
Planet Defense:
Remaining Attacking Clans:
Remaining Defending Clans:
The planet is:

Rebel Ground Attack

Note: this does not take into account colonist death due to climate, overpopulation eating supplies, Borg assimilation, Lizard hissing counteracting RGA, concurrent Pillaging, etc.
Planet owner race
Planet temperature
Planet factories
Planet mines
Planet defense
Colonist Tax Rate %
Host type
RGATurnClansHappinessMinesFactoriesDefense
Now
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+11
+12
+13
+14
+15

PHost Crew Training

Experience gained using the PHost Training Mission.
EPTrainingScale (default: 70)
EPAcademyScale (normal: 100, academy ships: 400)

Training mission usingsupplies per turn on ship that carriescrew.

Crew gains experience points.

Colonist / Native tax, happiness, growth & death


Planet settings
Temperature: °
# Mines:
# Factories:
# Defense:
# Hissing Ships:
# Supplies:
# MegaCredits: MC
Host settings
Overpopulation Eat Supplies:
Climate Death Rate: %
Max Hiss Ships:
Hiss Effect:
Max Planet Income: MC
Assimilation Rate: %
Structure Decay Rate:
PHOST settings
Colonist Tax Scaling: %
Native Tax Scaling: %
Supply Production Rate:%
Growth Rate: %

planets.nu settings
ColonistsNatives
Race:
Population: (clans)
Tax Rate: %
Happiness:
Government: Feudal
Race:
Population: (clans)
Tax Rate: %
Happiness:
Government:
ColonistsNatives
Happiness Change:
New Happiness:
Tax Income: MC
Population Change: clans
New Population: clans
Max Population: clans
Happiness Change:
New Happiness:
Tax Income: MC
Population Change: clans
New Population: clans
Max Population: clans
Planet income
Tax Income: MC
New Supplies:

Table of minimum-to-grow / maximum population by planet temperature

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This table shows the minimum number of clans required to grow on a planet of this climate (assuming 0% tax and happiness >= 70), as well as the maximum number of supported clans (not counting Overpopulation Eats Supplies).
Some races have special abilities to colonize extreme-temperature planets. Amorphous natives eat a nominal 5 clans per turn, so you need to grow at least +6 for population to grow on those planets.
First column is min clans to grow; Second column is min clans to grow with Amorphous natives; Third column is maximum population.
The last two columns show the maximum growth population for natives. If the population is above this level, natives will not grow (but they won't die off either). Note that over 66,000 clans the growth rate is halved.

TempMost
Races
Fascists
Robots
Colonies
RebelsCrystalsplanets.nu
Crystals – Improved
Desert Habitation
Natives
(most)
Natives
(Siliconoid)
0-29-29-90,000-0-02390
1-49-49-90,000-1,000-1,0004,9481,000
2-69-69-90,000-2,000-2,0009,6522,000
3-89-89-90,000-3,000-3,00014,3473,000
4-109-109-90,000-4,000-4,00019,0274,000
5-129-129-90,000-5,000-5,00023,6895,000
6-149-149-90,000-6,000-6,00028,3286,000
7-169-169-90,000-7,000-7,00032,9387,000
8-189-189-90,000-8,000-8,00037,5168,000
9-209-209-90,000-9,000-9,00042,0579,000
10-229-229-90,000-10,000-10,00046,55710,000
11-249-249-90,000-11,000-11,00051,01111,000
12-269-269-90,000-12,000-12,00055,41412,000
13-289-289-90,000-13,000-13,00059,76313,000
14-309-309-90,000-14,000-14,00064,05314,000
152324345,5202324345,5202324390,0006873515,000182196015,00068,27915,000
162222948,2932222948,2932222990,0006468916,000160172216,00072,43916,000
172021751,0182021751,0182021790,0006064917,000142152617,00076,52717,000
181920653,6931920653,6931920690,0005761318,000126136118,00080,53918,000
191919656,3151919656,3151919690,0005458019,000114122219,00084,47219,000
201818858,8821818858,8821818858,8825155120,000102110220,00088,32220,000
211718061,3901718061,3901718061,3904952521,00093100021,00092,08521,000
221617363,8381617363,8381617363,8384750122,0008591122,00095,75722,000
231616766,2231616766,2231616766,2234548023,0007883423,00099,33523,000
241516168,5431516168,5431516168,5434346024,0007176624,000102,81424,000
251515670,7951515670,7951515670,7954144125,0006670625,000106,19325,000
261415272,9771415272,9771415272,9774042426,0006165326,000109,46626,000
271414775,0881414775,0881414775,0883840927,0005660527,000112,63227,000
281414377,1241414377,1241414377,1243739428,0005356328,000115,68728,000
291314079,0851314079,0851314079,0853638029,0004952529,000118,62729,000
301313780,9671313780,9671313780,9673436830,0004649030,000121,45130,000
311313482,7701313482,7701313482,7703335631,0004345931,000124,15531,000
321313184,4911313184,4911313184,4913234532,0004043132,000126,73632,000
331212886,1281212886,1281212886,1283133433,0003840533,000129,19333,000
341212687,6811212687,6811212687,6813032534,0003638234,000131,52234,000
351212489,1481212489,1481212489,1483031535,0003436035,000133,72135,000
361212290,5261212290,5261212290,5262930736,0003234136,000135,78936,000
371212191,8151212191,8151212191,8152829837,0003032237,000137,72337,000
381111993,0141111993,0141111993,0142729038,0002930638,000139,52138,000
391111894,1211111894,1211111894,1212728339,0002729039,000141,18139,000
401111695,1351111695,1351111695,1352627640,0002627640,000142,70340,000
411111596,0561111596,0561111596,0562526941,0002526341,000144,08341,000
421111496,8811111496,8811111496,8812526342,0002425042,000145,32242,000
431111397,6111111397,6111111397,6112425743,0002323943,000146,41743,000
441111398,2451111398,2451111398,2452425144,0002222844,000147,36844,000
451111298,7821111298,7821111298,7822324545,0002121845,000148,17445,000
461111299,2221111299,2221111299,2222324046,0002020946,000148,83346,000
471111199,5641111199,5641111199,5642223547,0001920047,000149,34647,000
481111199,8081111199,8081111199,8082223048,0001819248,000149,71248,000
491111199,9531111199,9531111199,9532122549,0001718449,000149,93049,000
5011111100,00011111100,00011111100,0002122150,0001717750,000150,00050,000
511111199,9481111199,9481111199,9482021751,0001617051,000149,92251,000
521111199,7981111199,7981111199,7982021252,0001616452,000149,69752,000
531111199,5491111199,5491111199,5492020853,0001515753,000149,32453,000
541111299,2021111299,2021111299,2021920554,0001415254,000148,80354,000
551111298,7581111298,7581111298,7581920155,0001414655,000148,13655,000
561111398,2161111398,2161111398,2161919756,0001414156,000147,32356,000
571111397,5771111397,5771111397,5771819457,0001313657,000146,36557,000
581111496,8421111496,8421111496,8421819058,0001313258,000145,26258,000
591111596,0111111596,0111111596,0111818759,0001212759,000144,01759,000
601111695,0861111695,0861111695,0861718460,0001212360,000142,62960,000
611111894,0671111894,0671111894,0671718161,0001111961,000141,10161,000
621111992,9551111992,9551111992,9551717862,0001111562,000139,43362,000
631212191,7521212191,7521212191,7521717563,0001111263,000137,62863,000
641212290,4581212290,4581212290,4581617364,0001010864,000135,68764,000
651212489,0751212489,0751212489,0751617065,0001010565,000133,61365,000
661212687,6051212687,6051212687,6051616766,0001010266,000131,40766,000
671212986,0471212986,0471212986,0471616567,000109967,000129,07167,000
681313184,4051313184,4051313184,4051516368,00099668,000126,60868,000
691313482,6801313482,6801313482,6801516069,00099369,000124,02069,000
701313780,8741313780,8741313780,8741515870,00099070,000121,31070,000
711314078,9871314078,9871314078,9871515671,00098871,000118,48171,000
721414477,0231414477,0231414477,0231515472,00088672,000115,53472,000
731414774,9831414774,9831414774,9831415173,00088373,000112,47473,000
741415272,8691415272,8691415272,8691414974,00088174,000109,30374,000
751515670,6831515670,6831515670,6831414775,00087975,000106,02475,000
761516268,4271516268,4271516268,4271414576,00087776,000102,64076,000
771616766,1041616766,1041616766,1041414477,00077577,00099,15677,000
781717363,7151717363,7151717363,7151414278,00077378,00095,57378,000
791718061,2641718061,2641718061,2641314079,00077179,00091,89679,000
801818858,7531818858,7531818858,7531313880,00076980,00088,12980,000
811919756,1831919756,1831919756,1831313781,00076881,00084,27581,000
822020653,5582020653,5582020653,5581313582,00076682,00080,33882,000
832121750,8812121750,8812121750,8811313383,00066483,00076,32183,000
842222948,1532222948,1532222948,1531313284,00066384,00072,23084,000
85-309-309-3091213085,00066285,00068,06785,000
86-289-289-2891212986,00066086,00063,83786,000
87-269-269-2691212787,00065987,00059,54487,000
88-249-249-2491212688,00065788,00055,19288,000
89-229-229-2291212489,00065689,00050,78689,000
90-209-209-2091212390,00065590,00046,33090,000
91-189-189-1891212291,00055491,00041,82891,000
92-169-169-1691212092,00055392,00037,28592,000
93-149-149-1491111993,00055193,00032,70593,000
94-129-129-1291111894,00055094,00028,09394,000
95-109-109-1091111695,00054995,00023,45395,000
96-89-89-891111596,00054896,00018,79196,000
97-69-69-691111497,00054797,00014,10997,000
98-49-60-601111398,00054698,0009,41498,000
99-29-60-601111299,00054599,0004,70999,000
100-9-60-6011111100,000545100,0000100,000
TempMost
Races
Fascists
Robots
Colonies
RebelsCrystalsplanets.nu
Crystals – Improved
Desert Habitation
Natives
(most)
Natives
(Siliconoid)
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