Abyssal hyperspace
| Abyssal hyperspace, nearly impenetrable to sensors and exerting an enormous pressure on the drive field. The subject of many an old spacer's tale, more easily laughed off in the comfort of a dockside bar. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
Abyssal hyperspace is a special form of hyperspace, found in the bottom-left of the map (the area marked "Orion-Perseus Abyss") and around the edges of the rest of the map.
Effects
On entering abyssal hyperspace, the interstellar background and other visual details fade into darkness.
Sensor range and burn speed are reduced to 25% their normal value.
Slipstreams do not naturally generate here, and those created by Generate Slipsurge have reduced power.
Gravity wells and jump points are only visible at close range.
Curios
Strange lights called Abyssal Light can be encountered, and used to provide a temporary sensor range boost by triggering the Active Sensor Burst ability nearby, or a speed boost by triggering Interdiction Pulse, disturbing these lights will provide around 6 - 8 points in Hyperspace Topography
Rogue planets not orbiting stars and Abyssal Black Holes can also be found, and interacted with accordingly for points in Hyperspace Topography, the latter of which can give around 40 points. These rogue planets are usually that which can be find in similarly cold & dark systems like Black Hole systems or Nebula systems, they also can't be colonized as they are in Abyssal Hyperspace. These celestial bodies will spawn randomly as the player explores Abyssal Hyperspace, and will eventually despawn when the player gets sufficiently far away from them.
Sometimes, derelict ships in unusual conditions can be found in orbit around one of these celestial objects. The celestial object themselves, depending on what they are, can also have some strange unexplainable occurences.
Nearby objects of interest can be found with the Neutrino Detector.
A type of sensor ghost can also be found in the abyss that seems to be moving in a straight line indefinitely.
Limbo
Within the Orion-Perseus Abyss, the only star is a brown dwarf named Limbo (visible on the Sector map) which contains a single Barren World called Hades that has some rare ore deposits. There is also a Mining Station in orbit above it that is guarded by a Derelict fleet and contains some Transplutonics.
At the stable point, a hidden Mothballed Equipment Cache can be found and is guarded by a bigger Derelict fleet containing a Guardian, defeating this fleet and looting the cache will give a Wormhole Anchor.
This can be used immediately on the spot to travel to a rogue Ice Giant, around which orbits the Gate Hauler.
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