Did a straight shot to Limbo before I began my sector sweep for gate systems to colonize.
Out of all the spooky hints about the Abyss, it was a letdown. Mostly just a bunch of powerup lights that make my fleet faster or see further, even though the lights scare my crew. I take the speed boost because traveling through dark space is a boring slog. I guess that is one way to make Interdiction Pulse useful - turn it into a speed booster in dark space. Once, I found a gravity well, but it was just a gas giant inside that I lacked to resources to fully scan. After I made it to Hades, I met the beef gate Guardian and its fleet guarding what is obviously special or unique loot. Hopefully, that loot is something good and not something obnoxious like the planetkiller in Sentinel.
So, I will need to play through early and midgame before I can crush the guards (and take their ships because I will take Automated Ships - I do not like being locked out of playable content).
Now, the big decision point for me is whether to take Flux Regulation as before or take Neural Link instead on the way to Automated Ships.
