A common note (thanks Scott) is "space is full of nothing".
If there is not nothing, it is likely to be some kind of thread for a spacefaring craft
Youre "space weather" list might be continued with
- ring structures around planets or gas giants
- vast "old" asteroide belts, where particle sizes are much smaller
- rogue space particles of different sizes
- civilisation caused space debris
which concentrates on the more massive stuff..
We had/have a discussion on that here on the board.
IMHO its no question, that all these aspects make space more interesting - and more dangerous, especially if we accept, that other solar systems may look quite different than the one we know now.
E.g. interplanetary particle concentrations, stars flar activity or solar wind flow, stability and magnitude of magnetic fields might be much weeker or stronger than in suns system.
To me, even in a TL15 TU, space travelling should have a taste of adventure and risk.
Using locations in a radiation belt suspect to geomagnetic storms as a hiding place might be problematic, as it could be dangerous for your ship (in bad cases effects like being hit by a weak PAW, caused be concentrated particle streams) but it does not really cloake from searching sensors arrays. The effect might be contrary, because of the particles interacting with the ships hull. Regarding the sensors your ship is just a massive emitting body surrounded by nothing.
One other bad thing is, that even a simple partol cruiser is equipped with densiometer and neutrino sensors (which are not effected by radiation belts or magnetic storms).
Hiding might work best behind or in the middle of something more "massive" stuff, or more generally something, which naturally blocks active sensors or your own emissons.
Either you should try not to be seen at all, or to be seen, but not recognized
Theres much to discuss here...
Regards,
Mert
