I've been working on some changes to the universe layout for the next universe.

First, in order to decrease travel times and make navigating between layers more intuitive, I've put all the up/down links between layers in the middle of each layer, with a small pocket of protected galaxies in the middle. Added to these are increased w4 jumps that can take you out to the rest of the layer. This means that travel distance from Sol to Perilous space is now 2 jumps, so hopefully getting together Olympus runs, etc, won't be nearly as annoying.

Second, there's a new layer called Celestial Garden which will allow building by f2p's. (Code isn't in yet.) The planets here will be worse and also there won't be any artifacts to find.

There's still more work to be done, but I wanted to get this up to get some early feedback. You can see it on the test2 server, but you'll need a test client in order for the map to work right: http://www.starsonata.com/TestClient01-11.zip. Also, you can buy an item in Free Market that gives you the full uni map, so you don't have to go exploring to see what's what.

Fantastic job, guys.

Price on the object?

100m

Nice from sol to w2 and there is protected space + juxtas , good work.

Can Earthforce be something different from circle next uni, please?

This seems like it will make Emp runs too easy on the move-the-throne part. Will anything be done to lengthen the route they must travel?

I love it! Just remove Emp for next uni, it's pointless and poorly designed.

nice Jeff better late than never

Very well done. I love it. Just a heads up: Watch out for P2Ps funding uber F2Ps making overpowered bases in the F2P buildable area.

I'm not sure whether I'm a fan about this.

Should just be W1.

i'm gonna assume its just for test so you can see the layout they're experimenting with.

but we cant make bases..