The vast, featureless pocket of space at the centre of the ring gate network, accessible through any of the thirteen hundred gates. The ring space contains no stars - only the faint glow of the gates arranged in a sphere around Medina Station at its centre. The space enforces a strict speed limit; any object exceeding a certain velocity is instantly stopped, a defence mechanism built by the gate network's creators. This property makes the ring space both a transit hub and a potential killing ground, as demonstrated when Marco Inaros's Free Navy uses it to ambush ships entering through the gates. The ring space is also where the entities that destroyed the gate builders are most active, responding to large energy expenditures or concentrated consciousness with devastating attacks.