A balance point is a position in space where the gravitational fields of any number of bodies cancel each other out entirely. Due to the staggering number of objects in the galaxy, the time and resources required to locate such a phenomenon, and the difficulty in actually measuring the minute variations in gravitational fields so far from their parent bodies, there are very few known balance points.
The first balance point was found by an exploration team from the Alexan Science Foundation during the early days of the Galactic Trade Union (GTU), and it is in a relatively unremarkable sector of the α-quadrant, hundreds of light-years from any populated system. Regardless of the relative remoteness, a café was established within months of the discovery having been declared to the scientific community. The Balance Point Café has been open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year since the airlocks first pressurised.
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