S.L. Jyist

The Sub-Light Jyist was a generation ship used by Terran colonists from Earth to escape the incoming Trans-Galactic War. It reached Uteria after a voyage boosted by a hyperspace anomaly.

Capabilities
Like other generation ships, the S.L. Jyist was built for the comfort and protection of its passengers. It was stocked with several decades worth of non-perishable foodstuffs and decks for agriculture. Other levels included various recreational decks and essential rooms for the operation of the ship itself. As Light Drives were for Military use only, the S.L. Jyist was only fitted with sub-light engines, allowing it to approach lightspeed, but never truly reach it. Although the craft itself was not equipped with hyperspace shields, the realspace shielding system of its hyperspace booster protected it from its initial hyperspace boost. Lacking relativity shields, the ship also suffered from the effects of time dilation. When it entered the hyperspace anomaly, it suffered considerable amounts of damage to its exterior and some inner workings, although its armor and deflector shields allowed it to escape without being crippled or destroyed.

Voyage
The S.L. Jyist was loaded with human passengers from Europe and North America, most dominantly from France and the United States. It launched from Earth in the early Trans-Galactic War. The ship utilized a hyper slingshot to boost itself across a large distance, emerging several systems away. After emerging, it utilized its sub-light engines to begin traveling the rest of the way. Its original target was a then-uninhabited circumbinary terrestrial planet in the Unknown Sector of the Milky Way, named from telescopic observations as 5-Dusty b. However, about a decade into the journey, from the crew's perspective, an unexpected anomaly appeared on their radar. Asteroid collisions with other planets made the ship stop before it could destroy itself by ramming through the debris. While re-calibrating their navisystems to go around the debris field, a hyperspace anomaly, the result of excessive Imperial use of hyperdrills, opened up before the ship. The S.L. Jyist was pulled in, and barely had time to activate their shields. They emerged on the other side of the wormhole, in what is now No Man's Space, taking heavy damage. Now completely off the known charts and in possibly hostile territory with no way back, the crew had no choice but to repair the ship and press on. After more decades of flight, the S.L. Jyist detected an uninhabited terrestrial world, which they named Uteria. The ship landed on its surface and was dismantled, its parts and supplies being used to construct an industrial center and farming communities as initial settlements. Its voyage had lasted for 80 years by perspective of the crew, 150 years by Realspace perspective, and one new generation was born during flight, with some members of the original crew surviving the full trip.