Pluto

Pluto

Pluto is a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt, once considered the ninth planet of the Solar System. In Terra Invicta, this distant, icy world offers significant habitation potential and represents a strategic outpost at the edge of the traditional solar system.

Parameter	Value
Diameter	2,379.8 km
Orbits	Sol
Orbital Period	248.6 years
Distance from Sun	29.7 - 49.3 AU (variable)
Atmosphere	Very thin nitrogen with methane and carbon monoxide
Habitation Sites	9
Satellites	5 moons (largest is Charon)
Available Orbits	LowPlutoOrbit MediumPlutoOrbit HighPlutoOrbit

Mining Sites

Notes:

• Negative values are not a bug, the game actually sets the median to a negative value to make it incredibly unlikely for the site to have a positive mine output. But note that the actual mined amount cannot actually be negative.
• Blank values indicate that the site can never produce this resource. In contrast, 0 indicates that there is still up to 50% chance for the site to produce the resource.
• Values shown do not take into account the final capping of the Noble Metals output to just 1/2 or 1/3 of the Base Metals output.
• Top 50% Mean is the average value of the top 50% of possible rolls. It is also a much looser estimate than the median because it cannot handle edge cases such as where the mininum value is too close to the median value.

MedianTop 50% Mean

Site Name	Parent Body	Mining Profile	Max Hab Tier	Median Resources (after Mass/Density Modifiers)
Cthulhu Macula	Pluto	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	75	25	15	8	0
Tombaugh Regio	Pluto	Volatile-Rich Planetoid	4	65	70	10	5	0
Balrog Macula	Pluto	Volatile-Rich Planetoid	4	65	70	10	5	0
Hayabusa Terra	Pluto	Volatile-Rich Planetoid	4	65	70	10	5	0
Lowell Regio	Pluto	Volatile-Rich Planetoid	4	65	70	10	5	0
Voyager Terra	Pluto	Rocky Planetoid	4	40	20	25	10	0
Viking Terra	Pluto	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	75	25	15	8	0
Krun Macula	Pluto	Volatile-Rich Planetoid	4	65	70	10	5	0
Tartarus Dorsa	Pluto	Rocky Planetoid	4	50	30	50	15	2
Total: 9 Hab Sites				565	450	155	66	2

Site Name	Parent Body	Mining Profile	Max Hab Tier	Estimated Top 50% Mean Resources (after Mass/Density Modifiers)
Cthulhu Macula	Pluto	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	77.5	33.571	28.333	12.286	0.5
Tombaugh Regio	Pluto	Volatile-Rich Planetoid	4	67.5	75	16.429	9.286	0.214
Balrog Macula	Pluto	Volatile-Rich Planetoid	4	67.5	75	16.429	9.286	0.214
Hayabusa Terra	Pluto	Volatile-Rich Planetoid	4	67.5	75	16.429	9.286	0.214
Lowell Regio	Pluto	Volatile-Rich Planetoid	4	67.5	75	16.429	9.286	0.214
Voyager Terra	Pluto	Rocky Planetoid	4	42.5	22.5	33.571	14.286	0.667
Viking Terra	Pluto	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	77.5	33.571	28.333	12.286	0.5
Krun Macula	Pluto	Volatile-Rich Planetoid	4	67.5	75	16.429	9.286	0.214
Tartarus Dorsa	Pluto	Rocky Planetoid	4	52.5	32.5	70	16.25	6
Total: 9 Hab Sites				587.5	497.143	242.381	101.536	8.738

Strategic Value

With 9 habitation sites, Pluto offers substantial colonial potential in the Kuiper Belt. Its position beyond Neptune's orbit makes it valuable for monitoring deep space and serves as a gateway to the outer solar system. The Pluto-Charon system effectively functions as a binary planet, providing unique gravitational dynamics.

SPOILERS INSIDE!
Human expansion to the Kuiper Belt often prompts a violent Alien response.