On-Stream

On-Stream
A world, station, or place which is adjacent to energy threads emanating from the galactic core which follow the curvature of the spiral arms of the galaxy. These "streams" allow hyper-optic craft to achieve significantly higher speeds than in "bare-space," making worlds that are on-stream much more accessible to interstellar travel and freight than off-stream worlds, and therefore more populous and wealthier.

Both the PPB and some extreme explorers are frustrated that the Goffa control all access to the galactic core, for many different reasons. Some believe that using the streams as a slingshot it would be possible to jump to another galaxy. Some obsessives - generally known as "propellers" - have attempted this, but none have ever been heard of again.