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As pointed out in [[Streaming Stars]], there's a problem portraying motion in space. Moving in sublight speed, even if you're going insanely fast by Earth standards, you're going to look like you're standing still judging by the distant starfield and even relatively close planets. So you need a way to convey motion.
Hence,
Readily confused for [[Streaming Stars]] until [[Fridge Logic]] kicks in and you realise these stars are moving ''way'' too fast. Or that they can appear between you and an object a few kilometres away.
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As for what they are... well, they're flecks. Of stuff. They tend to be distributed fairly evenly across the screen, too, and ''always'' in imitation of a starfield, for some reason. They all but vanish when you're standing still, usually blending seamlessly into the pinpoints of actual background stars.
You could almost say this is the video game version of [[Streaming Stars]], given that
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