Stardust are nanite life forms. They are a collection of single cells like any other life form but can also dissipate into "dust". Each single cell nanite has the stored data of the whole and can assume control of the whole. The Stardust can dissipate and ride the gravity fabric of the universe or enter a star ship's systems and guide the ship through interstellar space.

The Stardust monopolize interstellar space lane knowledge and conditions, and police interstellar travel, to a point. While travel is a service they provide, the Stardust's primary concern is the protection of the Cosmic Lattice of Spacetime from which their powers flow.

Stardust work mostly alone because they are needed to transport. Their numbers are few, and they are spread thin. A ship hires a Stardust. And a Stardust will travel to their location and take over the ship systems, allowing an interstellar jump. Sometimes a group of Stardust will form to tackle a "mission" to preserve the Lattice. Stardust always observe and make notes about the area they have just traveled to or from and report it back to the others; curating the collective knowledge of the Stardust. Instinct: Guard the Secrets of the Cosmic Lattice

• Ride the gravity fabric of the universe to instantly travel through interstellar space
• Access the collective knowledge of the Stardust
• Bend gravity to their whim