Editing Anomaly

[[File:VoidExample.png|300px|thumb|right|The void as seen in the main view.]]
[[File:SectorMapExample.png|300px|thumb|right|The void as seen in the [[Sector Map]].]]
The '''anomaly''', sometimes referred to as the '''void''' or the '''collapse''', is a round blackness expanding from a collapsed star outwards into the universe.

Opinions on the void seem varied within humanity: some want to understand it and learn to counter it, some want to escape and focus on a nomadic existence, and others believe someone created it and should be brought to justice.

Each time the player moves a ship or fleet through hyperspace, the void expands at a rate approximately one-quarter the distance traveled by the player's ship or fleet. If the void overtakes the player, the game ends.
== Contracts ==
{{Main|Contract}}
There are several contracts relating to the void and humanity's various responses to it:
* Analyse
* Justice
* Evacuation
* Nomad
== History ==
{{Prehistory|Update1.rc2|Introduced.}}
{{Prehistory|Update2.rc1|Expansion rate is reduced.}}

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