Deep Orbit
This adds a secondary deeper orbit layer with rich asteroids, filled with danger intended for a mid/late game rewarding challenge. This secondary orbit layer is twice the height of the default orbit layer and has roughly 8 rich asteroids filled with resources (roughly 1-2k of a random resource), a loot stash, and a Megahive with an accessible Bug Hive pit you can explore. That means if you’re successful then each of these special asteroids has a gravcore in its depths with the queen. These asteroids are finite and cannot be regenerated, nor will quests appear in deep orbit.
You can see this secondary "deep" orbit by zooming out with your mouse wheel in the map view like you can normally to see the Odyssey orbit, or once you’re in orbit click the "view deep orbit" gizmo.
The visible planet in the background is also smaller to show you’re farther up in orbit than normal.
Balance notes:
Horizontal movement at this extreme height intentionally takes a LOT of fuel, it is recommended to caravan or jump horizontally at a lower orbit or on the surface roughly beneath these asteroids to get to them when you’re ready.
No quests or events should populate in this secondary orbit (Orbit2 PlanetLayerDef in the code), as quests/OrbitalScanner etc all manually target the vanilla Orbit PlanetLayerDef. I did several hours of testing and digging through the vanilla code and have not seen a single thing spawn in this deep orbit layer other than the initial 8 that spawn on a default sized world. Smaller/larger worlds will have less or more than 8 big asteroids.
I have no plans to add a method to regenerate these asteroids, they are intentionally finite. If you really want to add more then use the Generate World Object dev mode action while on the map screen.
This only works on new saves as it is dependent on world generation.
Compatibility:
Launch into Empty Space (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3532333408) works with this mod out of the box. You can land in the deep orbit and make a space station there if you wish.
