As responses to this question might be spoilers, I'm posting in this forum.

Liberty space shows a rather unusual symmetry on the map: there's no obvious reason for it, unless perhaps as an attention-catcher. Alaska is the 'odd star' -- there's no corresponding star to the left. Coincidence?

It's not possible to go places without using jumpgates/jumpholes? (An experiment suggests not, but perhaps I was just not patient enough...?)