Started a new network in the Local Bubble: Sol already linked to Alpha Centauri, Barnard's Star sitting there unconnected, a black hole parked in the middle and the health bar telling me not to go below 50 percent. That one screen explains the whole game without a word of tutorial. The dark map with the pale link curves is very easy on the eyes, and the Gateway / Bandwidth / Latency / Relay row keeps every choice in reach. You asked for thoughts: the clearest thing you could add is a short line saying why a system failed, because the author of the comment above me had the same question.