Outer space

Outer space is the name given to the parts of the known universe that are not part of solar system. Outer space is off limits for regular spacecraft, due to the low amount of hyperspace connections and limited means of communication.

The Union enters outer space a couple of hundreds of times a year, but never for non-research reasons. Thus far, there have been 6 incidents in outer space, that claimed a total of 22 lives on 7 different spacecraft. The most infamous incident is the Utrichjahal Incident, where 8 Sornomalian crew members of Sornomalian military vessel died in a mysterious explosion that was supposedly caused by a Thomas particly activity of lower than -0,4x10^8 kD.