Since the outbreak of the Crown Uprising, every part of human space became affected in one way or another.
Some star sectors suffered outbreaks of wars. Other star sectors only became a little more turbulent.
Then there were places that had descended into so much chaos that madness reigned in every corner!
The Nyxian Gap had always been a weird and special place in the Yeina Star Cluster. Situated mostly within the borders of the Komodo Star Sector, the anomalous region had been so difficult to navigate and control that it existed as a stateless territory.
The only permanent residents of the Nyxian Gap were pirates, refugees and captives, because only the most desperate and helpless people were willing to take shelter in this seemingly endless field of asteroids.
For a long time, the nearby star sectors frequently withstood the raids launched by pirate groups emerging from the Gap.
All of that had changed.