The period of time in each tick when the hyper gates are closed and it is therefore no longer possible to jump to another sector. The deadzone is marked by the game timer turning red. In [[slang/Beta|betas]] the deadzone usually spans the last 10 minutes and the first 5 minutes of every tick. The deadzone for [[slang/Frantic|frantics]] is usually the first and last minute of each tick. ---- CategorySlang