Anomalies

“Anomaly” is a catch-all term for the millions of celestial objects encountered for which there is – as yet – no scientific explanation. They can be gaseous, energy, even temporal in nature. Some common types include:

Spatial. This is a broad category of unusual space-time phenomena; the actual laws of physics can be different within a spatial anomaly, and each is unique.

Gaseous. A gaseous anomaly refers to any kind of unusual gas cloud. They are often analyzed by scientific ships which dispatch sensitive probes to measure and catalog them.

Temporal. Temporal anomalies are very dangerous indeed. Time itself can work differently in a temporal anomaly – it might stop, it might move at a different rate, it might flow backwards, or it might fluctuate.

Energy. Energy-based anomalies are unexplained sources of energy – whether that be heat, light, or some other form of radiation. They can be physically harmful to starships.