Earthforce has officially established contact with a parallel universe—home to a counterpart organization known as Dark Earthforce. Though initial diplomatic exchanges were surprisingly cordial, relations quickly deteriorated following a contentious debate between our Lyceum and their so-called Dark Lyceum concerning the nature of our shared reality.
The point of contention? Flatness.
Dark Lyceum scientists made the bold—and patently absurd—claim that our universe, like theirs, is flat, citing their own sensor data as evidence. Our Lyceum researchers, ever gracious, recognized the primitive state of their counterparts’ scientific understanding. In an act of generosity, they not only recalibrated the Dark Lyceum’s instruments but also took the liberty of rewriting their research papers to align with the more rigorous standards of our science.
This well-intentioned intervention was met with resistance. A Dark Earthforce ambassador accused our Lyceum of overstepping diplomatic boundaries and called for an immediate cessation of all contact.
Our Lyceum’s response was swift and scholarly: they published an extensive series of papers demonstrating the fundamental flaws and obsolescence of the Dark Lyceum’s scientific methods.
Dark Lyceum retaliated not with data, but with doomsaying—issuing a dramatic prediction that our supposedly flat universe is now on an irreversible path to collapse. While this claim lacks any credible scientific basis, our Lyceum has acknowledged, with some concern, that the damage may already be done. A growing consensus among researchers suggests that the very act of acknowledging such flawed reasoning may have initiated an unstoppable chain of existential destabilization.
In short: diplomatic contact has ended, their science remains in shambles, and our universe may be doomed.
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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