Citizens of the cosmos, terrible news! (Or great news, depending on whether you were currently winning or currently being atomized.)
The universe is collapsing. Again. I think again?
Yes, yes, we know. Third time this cycle. Maybe fourth? Who’s counting? (Not us, we outsourced counting to an AI, and it left a sticky note that just says “Oops.”)
The Great Cosmic Hamster, upon whom the stability of all spacetime depends, has unfortunately perished and stopped running on its wheel. Some say from exhaustion, others from eating a suspiciously large chunk of Energon labeled ‘Not Food’.
Regardless, the Lyceum Scientists have decreed that reality must be turned off and on again. As per protocol, all quantum entanglements will be untangled, all celestial bodies will be shuffled like a poorly stacked deck of cards, and every known map will become outdated overnight. Attempts to prevent this by holding onto physical space with sheer willpower have, historically, ended in disappointment and spontaneous disintegration.
Dev Notes
- Extractors other then space oats shut off, colonies will no longer make purchases to/from user stations, AI stations will no longer decay goods 7 days before end of the universe. Will be a reminder post.
- Bases, permanent drones, and the credits on active bots will be lost.
- Player ships will not be affected.
- If you’re docked during the reset, you will spawn into the new universe using your docked active ship.
- Careful not to spawn into the new universe in an immobile ship!
- Wild Space will be scrambled and receive a new map shape.
- All other layers will have the systems scrambled but contain the same shape.
- After a universe reset, all of your docked ships will be in a state of limbo allowing you to dock them all at any non-player station. You can use the /limbo chat command only once to bring all of your docked ships back into limbo to dock them elsewhere. There is no longer a time limit.
- You can purchase additional limbos via Limboing Tow Service at Friedman station in Free Market for 5 billion credits each.
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