Dark Objects

Dark Objects

aka Wanderer

moons, asteroids, planets, planetoids. Celestial objects usually made of solid matter that are not attached to a star system and have no Sun of their own. These objects are also called Wanderers they wander - move between systems. If such an object is captured by a stars gravity well, it ceases to be a Dark Objects. Several objects of TNO and Oort Cloud are believed to be former Dark Objects.

It is not known and no estimate exists as how many Dark Objects there are or there might be.

They are very hard to find as they are usually by passed by ships flying from Gravity Well to gravity Well. Societyes relying on Hyper Jumping are unable to visit or discover Dark Objects. Societies that use Quasi Space related Trans light propulsion only find or discover Dark Objects if they by accident drop out of Quasi and do so nearby such an object. Civilizations that use Quasi Space and have developed "Real space sensors" can detect those object while in Quasi Space.

The United Stars Fleet puts great value on these objects and Corporations pay premium prices for discovered objects. GalNet pays millions of credits for the coordinates.