One of the Droid Discovery Ships seems to punch a hole in space during a stopover near the Qallag system. Without drugs, human, Tyran, and Chiasmii pilots often suffer extreme jumpsickness when "shooting the flames", a reference to the "flaming hole" left by a ship's jump engines. The Kin do not suffer jumpsickness. Stars appear blurred during the transition from hyperspace to realspace.
Qallag is a major crossroads. Seven different planets in the Tarthian Empire lie one jump away. It was colonized in 4649 tradestandard. The only other planet conquered that year by Empress Destoiya was
Badledeerin, site of the famous "Last Ground War" in the empire. Qallag's citizens refused to take part in the assault. Their protests against the devastating war were passive but effective and helped end the war early. Peaceful disruption of business by sitting or lying across entryways was called Qallaging, and was later simply referred to as lagging.
