What Is Hyperspace?

There's a lot of names for the parallel dimension where Psychic Powers and FTL travel originate from- Hyperspace is the most common, even though most experts agree "Metadimensional Plane" is probably more accurate. This dimension has reached a point of Absolute Zero. All forces, all energy, being at perfect and unchanging levels creates the path of least resistance that makes FTL feasible. Similarly, zero point energy interacts with beings from our reality in strange ways, sometimes granting them the potential to control over these energies through sheer willpower and focus.

Despite being at absolute zero, however, it is not empty. Zero Point Waveforms, commonly referred to as Shadows, originate from here, as well. Most Shadows are inimical to lifeforms from other realities, for reasons which are not entirely clear. Shadows do not obey silly rules like 'physics' or 'biology'- things which even Demons have some form of. Some are so massive as to be nigh immeasurable, such as the distant and terrifying Luciferan- an entity estimated by Old State psientists to be roughly the size of the Virgo Supercluster- some are the size of bacteria, but all share the same basic metaphysical traits.

Being in Hyperspace without protection for any length of time is essentially suicide, as the nature of the dimension breaks down one's physical existence to nil. And the only protection from it, is similar forms of energy turned into a protective field- Psychic Teleporters, for example, do not simply jump through really quickly, but actually create a tiny zero point energy field around themselves until their hop is done. FTL-capable ships likewise require these shields, lest they be reduced to atomic particulate, and then those atoms subject to rapid decay until all molecular activity is destroyed.

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