Gotta say I was mighty impressed when entering Zaonce, to be greated with a near formation fleet of vipers heading out into space. It was quite a spectacle. Perhaps a hot tip off about a feared pirate was being acted upon
Also, I've noticed that it is possible to jump drive all the way to a space station at times.
Pretty impressive seeing a orbital get larger with a jump space starfield coming at ya
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