All those mentions of Ares make me giddy with joy, it's rather swell to know others enjoyed it as much as I did.
I'd like to see this tie into economy stations the player can own and build, fuel stations skimming reactants from gas giants, antimatter weapon facilities smashing particles together in a star's corona, hyperspace buoys that yield credit income for directing traffic down safelanes, that sort of thing.
Edit: Oh, will there be multiple levels of hyperspace that get you to where you're going faster (Ex: Honor Harrington verse) but require more involved methods of access (Anchor stations, gateships, w/e) or more risk? (Here be ye hyperspace dragons/giant streams of gravitic stress)