late night worldbuilding idea 

what if I made the point of origin for one of the civilizations in my setting a former ice giant whose atmosphere has been blown off by the expansion of its parent star into a low mass red giant

apparently a 0.5 mSol star can keep a planet orbiting at Jupiter's distance in its habitable zone for nearly 6 billion years which is literally a better prospect for life than most F-type stars, let alone anything more massive

late night worldbuilding idea 

@Thaminga that'd be cool! but also wouldnt the planet have really weird geology?

late night worldbuilding idea 

@daylight oh, absolutely

I'm here for it

late night worldbuilding idea 

@Thaminga rad, i mean easy source of water :D

late night worldbuilding idea 

@Thaminga carbon life chemistry?

late night worldbuilding idea 

@daylight should work, yeah! -plenty- of water to go around in all likelihood, after all

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