Solar Shields

Solar shields refers to two objects that can be constructed on any planet in Icarus. These refer to solar reflectors and terraformers.

Solar Reflectors
A solar reflector is a shield around a planet that can be constructed on that planet only when there is no shield, for 16 seconds. Solar reflectors, or solar mirrors, have a shield percentage number that starts out at 100%, but drains scaling to what state the planet is in. If the state is increased temperatures, it will tranform the planet's state to that of normal temperatures and it will take about 1666.6 (6 repeated) seconds to go to 0, but is the state is extreme temperatures, it will take 27.7 (7 repeated) seconds to go to zero and only transform the state to increased temperatures. Solar reflectors are represented by a blue circumference of pixels around the planet

Terraforming
Terraforming is a process that is represented as a shield around a planet that can be constructed on that planet only when terraforming has not happened, taking 19 seconds without solar reflectors and 17 seconds with solar reflectors, both with a large population. Unlike solar reflectors, these do not have health bars and will stay for the rest of the planet's life. Terraforming is represented by a green circumference of pixels around the planet, slightly further away than solar reflectors.