- This article is about natural satellites in general. For Earth's moon, see Moon (Earth).
A moon orbiting a gas giant.
The surface of a T3 moon.
A planet viewed from its moon.
Some planets in Spore are orbited by a moon. Other than the fact that the moons are orbiting another planet, they are the same as a regular planet. In fact, the game does not differentiate between planets and moons, labelling both planets. Although moons orbiting regular planets and gas giants are both smaller than either from the interplanetary view, this is only a visual effect, as they are planet-sized when the player enters them.
They are usually found orbiting gas giants, but a few orbit regular planets as well. The player's homeworld always has a T0 moon, but the homeworlds of other empires rarely do. By contrast, the gas giant in the player's home system never has a moon.
Most moons are T0 and rarely T1. T2 and T3 moons are practically non-existent.
Pre-release
In the 2006 E3 video, Will Wright pulls his UFO up to an inhabited moon orbiting a large gas giant. It is later revealed that the moon was a colony of an alien civilization called Greevils.
Notes
- On moons orbiting gas giants, at certain times of the day, the gas giant covers most of the sky and blocks out the sun, effectively creating an eclipse.
- Destroying a planet with a Planet Buster will also destroy its moon, but destroying a moon will not destroy the planet.
- Empire homeworlds can apparently never be moons, unless uplifted by a Monolith.
- Occasionally, the planets and moons may line up, make transitions around the home star or binary, and even undergo a solar eclipse.