Ocean World

Ocean worlds are planet-spanning seas of liquid water teeming with exotic bio-compounds that serve as the raw material for advanced technologies including bio-warfare agents, medical systems, and organic computer substrates. Colonies are built on floating platform cities anchored to shallow continental shelves, with harvest facilities descending into the deep ocean to collect biological specimens and chemical compounds unavailable anywhere else. The abundant water and relatively moderate temperatures make ocean worlds among the most habitability-friendly non-temperate planets, and their research speed bonus reflects the extraordinary diversity of biological samples available for study.