The galaxy is divided in sectors.
Description[ | ]
Each sector is an individual nebula. They are connected via the gates. Each Sector has at least 2 exit gates. The sectors are coarsely categorized by the general type of planets and the star radiation level. It is always possible to jump between star systems within a sector, there are no isolated stars that cannot be reached with the space ship.
There are three type of sectors:
Low radiation[ | ]
Low radiation sectors contain mainly brown and white dwarfs. Yellow dwarfs and red giants are rare. This kind of sector is not inhabited by the major alien races.
Normal radiation[ | ]
Normal radiation sectors contain mainly yellow dwarfs and red giants. Brown and white dwarfs as well as black holes and pulsars are rare. This kind of sector is in general inhabited by three to four major alien races. They can be found on their planets, fly around with ships, and inhabit spaceports.
High radiation[ | ]
High radiation sectors contain mainly pulsars and black holes. Yellow dwarfs and red giants are rare. The radiation is so strong that it hurts the ship and the crew in the whole star system. Black holes are very dangerous because of their high gravity, so harvesting exotic matter in their vicinity is very tricky. Flying into black holes is not recommended, due to a minuscule chance of survival; a surviving ship is teleported to a random star system within the sector. Pulsars send a radiation pulse through the whole system every few seconds. High radiation sectors are not inhabited by the major alien races. %$^£ can be found here. The last sector before sol is always a high radiation sector.
Notes[ | ]
- There is no confirmed way to survive the travel through a black hole, but with cheats and god mode enabled, the player travels to another random star system. So there might be a tiny possibility to survive it with a healthy crew and ship.
Trivia[ | ]
- The nebulae originate from actual Hubble Telescope pictures and grey-scale maps developed from those pictures.