Post by Jason on Sept 14, 2010 23:12:35 GMT -7
Phase Storms are strange spacial storms that rip across the galaxy like any normal storm would rip across a planet. They are usually created by rogue empires opening up illegal Hyper-Gates. Inside Hyper-space is a 'wind' that causes ships to 'drift', illegal Hyper-Gates don't normally or can't normally protect against the back flow of this 'wind'. When it escapes it causes Phase storms.
A Phase Storm can be as small as to cause nothing more then a bit of turbulence to a ship or a planets northern lights to shine brighter. This would be a L1 Phase Storm. They can get strong enough, though, to cause significant damage to large carrier size ships, destroying smaller vessels outright and wrecking havoc on a planets surface with blown power grids, etc. These are usually around L5 Phase Storms. L10 storms can destroy a planet, or cause a star to go nova. These are, fortunately, rare.
A Phase Storm can be as small as to cause nothing more then a bit of turbulence to a ship or a planets northern lights to shine brighter. This would be a L1 Phase Storm. They can get strong enough, though, to cause significant damage to large carrier size ships, destroying smaller vessels outright and wrecking havoc on a planets surface with blown power grids, etc. These are usually around L5 Phase Storms. L10 storms can destroy a planet, or cause a star to go nova. These are, fortunately, rare.