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In Starmade, there are two types of stars; regular and giant - with the exception of wormholes. There doesn't have to be any changes to this "main sequence" classification, but there could be new stars that would be added throughout the universe.
White dwarfs:
White dwarfs could be considerably rare throughout the galaxy, and would be found either alone, or in a binary system. (The larger star could slowly orbit around the smaller companion star :0) They could either be official stars with a much smaller "death radius" and a fainter lens flare, or they could be legitiment planets you can land on. Due to the fact that white dwarfs are made almost entirely out of carbon, they could contain valuable minerals you could mine, process and sell for money.
Neutron stars:
If neutron stars were implemented they would be distributed in around the same way white dwarfs would be. One main difference would be that these stars would have two enormous beams of energy soaring out from the star, and any ships or stations caught in the beams could be blasted by lethal heat or radiation.
Black holes: Although there are wormholes in Starmade already, official black holes could work a little differently. Instead of transporting your ship to another part of the galaxy, your ship would simply be ripped apart. They could also have large disks of gas and dust that would glow red and orange, a sign to stay far away from them.
Brown dwarfs:
Brown dwarfs could be similar to gas giants, yet they would glow red-orange in color. They could also be useful for fuel scooping.
White dwarfs are the cores of stars like our sun that burn through their fuel, and throw off their layers in a planetary nebula. White dwarfs are around the size of the Earth, and are incredibly dense, but incredibly dim.
Neutron stars:
Neutron stars are the collapsed remnants of stars larger than our sun that die in a supernova explosion. They're the size of a small city, yet they weigh 1-3 times the mass of our sun. Most neutron stars spin several times a second, but some can spin a hundred times a second; these stars are called magnetars.
Black holes: Although there are wormholes in Starmade already, official black holes could work a little differently. Instead of transporting your ship to another part of the galaxy, your ship would simply be ripped apart. They could also have large disks of gas and dust that would glow red and orange, a sign to stay far away from them.
Brown dwarfs:
Brown dwarfs - also called failed stars - are small burning cinders too big to be a planet, but not massive enough to be a star. They are so dim even the most powerful telescopes have trouble finding them.