Hotpoint
A Hotpoint at the centre of a
Hider Habitat in deep space is momentarily revealed during maintenance
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Hotpoint
A Hotpoint at the centre of a
Hider Habitat in deep space is momentarily revealed during maintenance
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Illumination source used by some
types of Backgrounder and
Haloist habitats.
Hotpoints are constructed from
cometary or Kuiper masses by
encasing the object in a shell of high efficiency fusion reactors. The reactors gradually
consume the substance
of the central body and use a proportion of the energy produced to illuminate a ring or
shell
of surrounding habitats.
Hotpoints vary in their energy output and frequency depending on the preferences of their users. Some may shine almost as brightly as a small star or sunline, while others are barely visible. In particular, many Backgrounder or deep space Haloist habitats use hotpoints that radiate almost entirely in the infrared portion of the spectrum. In such cases, the residents of the surrounding habitats will usually modify themselves to see in extremely low light levels or in frequencies matching the primary energy output of their parent hotpoint.
