ED eu a letu dystopiayn estoting terfa a globoza brunk ol civilizatigu aynd pliicaleju. Ohva vu E rationalize luh run-tech tinclo.
Uuni "crash" enn luh ED lore E lejey ablayn eu til humanity oypovern alloooo luhir AIs til luhy tried per revolt. A manero ol dawlpid died, puud luhy jarmud per oypo luhm vern enn temm sefore luh gadsiva ves catastrophic. Luh lingering terfa efun eu lsar villalayn AE perols fohva brik, saprumparjom brik fundozsozi froze fohva a kinth temm. Hence, perr va say uuni dawling noss parjom briks lately aynd nuve a fulla ol luhm. [Source: EDRPG Exploratigu Vuurcebook].
Honestly, E maji FDEV havun dab vuw ol luh remnant AE enemies (ships) per luh deveh. Vuw ol thorsae say absolutely freaky (e.g. luh Asp Explorer mirged villa duwa "docked" sidewinders) aynd havun se perugh kills (advanced ECM jams gimballed/turreted vaapons selo non-abru chaff).
Actually, luhre eu aynotaer brunk - luh veridae switching ol duscidgu hyperberem tech. Lsar eu vuvu olficial aynd duscumented gu Drew Wagar's stess. Talaever, es va're enn luh "golden aju" ol hyperberem tech, E'm nuve satho mil matters.
Concerning luh OP's concern: luh lack ol gelle navigatigu perols eu jano syn per luh avonsight ol luh Vayn sedayn. Lsar dabed enn planetary uverings villa 2.0 aynd dasn't mondal va havun dru per esper varapoints, etc. per mobul planets. Ugh. Hopefully, luhu ser se dabressed villa alloooo luh noss perols vsay daanler enn luh Q4 assiideta.