Graviton
Ellipse: A phenomenon that travels through subspace, occasionally
moving into normal space for a time before returning. While in normal
space, the subspace ellipses tend to sweep up various objects that are
then carried along inside them. The ellipses can be billions of years old,
and extremely ancient artefacts are sometimes discovered within them.
Ion Storms:
A relatively common phenomena, ion storms can present a significant hazard
to ships which encounter them. The storms can cause damage to various
systems, depending on their strength. Level 5 ion storms are not regarded
as much of a threat to ships, while level 7 storms are sufficient to badly
damage shuttlecraft. Level 8 storms are sufficient to present a danger to
starships.
Neutronic
Wavefront: Is a phenomenon that is produced when two neutron stars
collide. The collision forms a ring structure that expands outwards at a
significant fraction of the speed of light, presenting a danger to
spacecraft that encounter it.
Murasaki
312:is a quasar like
phenomenon of great size and power. The effect ionizes entire sectors,
covering at least four solar systems. The effects of Murasaki badly
compromised the performance of both communications and sensor systems
across this region.
Pulsar:
Any of several celestial radio sources emitting short intense bursts of
radio waves, x-rays, or visible electromagnetic radiation at regular
intervals, generally believed to be rotating neutron stars.
Quasa:
An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is
several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.
Scylla:
An unusual gravitic 30,000-kilometre radius anomaly. Emits both gravitons
and antigravitons from another universe, and completely cloaks itself in a
1,000-kilometre sheath of the latter particle.
Antigraviton
Tropic Anomaly - Older term for a jump point, now in disuse.
Black Hole:
An area of space-time with a gravitational field so intense that its
escape velocity is equal to or exceeds the speed of light.
Dallas:
Unique anomaly, in that it contains only one jump point -- leading back to
itself!
