Editing VB-Black Holes (section)

== Overview ==
A black hole is an incredibly dense remnant of a star that has collapsed into a singularity under its own gravity upon running out of fuel. Black holes have extremely strong gravitational fields. Its tidal forces render Black Hole systems empty of all but [[jump point]]s, which can be [[Gravitational Survey‎|surveyed]] like any other system. For the purpose of gravitational surveys, a black hole has stellar mass equal to its class, so higher class black hole systems will be harder to survey.

The black hole pull is offset by the ship's own speed, so a ship with sufficient maximum speed could travel anywhere in the system, albeit at reduced speed. It will consume more fuel than it ordinarily would at that speed, because the ships are still traveling at full power. If the pull of the black hole is greater than the ship's speed, then the ship's speed becomes negative and it is slowly pulled into the ''singularity's event horizon'', which will result in its destruction. [[NPR]]s and civilians are aware of discovered black hole systems and will avoid them unless they have a sufficient speed advantage over the pull of the black hole.