Simply solar flares with all of the stars. Some stars would be more active, some less. Extremely active stars may belch small asteroids of stellar matter into the system.

Granted, we can't make individual effects for every star, but some stars would be really impressive to see. Certain effects could be reused, no doubt, but every time there would be a unique combination. And some stars would be normal, too. Want some examples of stars that would be worth displaying?

All Binaries: With all binaries, there exists the possibility of spectacular lighting effects, such as multiple shadowing. It would be interesting to set down on a planet and see two shadows from your craft. In a red star, blue star binary, you'd see an anti-red and anti-blue shadow.

Pleione: Pleione spins so rapidly that it has a distinct, oval shape, near that of an American football. It also throws off a disc of stellar gas at its equator. Expect the inside planets to be roasted and somewhat like the heat-weathered planet of Mercury.

Algol: Algol is a binary in which the two stars are so close that they eclipse each other and distort each other's shapes. It is even possible that a matter stream connects the two. Several of the effects used for Algol could be reused in systems that contain black holes and other binaries.

Beta Lyrae: A contact binary. Either two stars so close to one another that their outer layer of gas is shared or a very odd star with two cores. The two cores spin around each other every 12 days.

Pulsars are one of the galaxies truely magnificent sights. 'Why?' you might ask. 'What makes it more than a spinning, dense star?'

Well, now that you ask, alot.

A typical pulsar is under 20 km in diameter, yet weighs as much as our sun, and rotates 30 times a second. It has a magnetic field 2000 km long that spins at approximately the speed of light. Protons and electrons are accelerated along this field and cast out into space. These particles create the pulses we see.

Imagine what it'd be like to reach a system and see one of those spinning around in the heart of the system. The inner planets would most certainly be fried... and you'd have to avoid the being caught in a pulse up close or you'd be fried, too.

Pretty much everyone knows what black holes are. I'd like to talk about how magnificent seeing a black hole/super-giant binary would be.

A Super-Giant, an ultra massive star, would be impressive enough by itself. One can just imagine the enormous flares that would spark off of it.

But just imagine a star like that squeezed into a (American) football shape by an invisible force. Also, it appears that this indescribably huge star rapidly orbiting something you can't see... perhaps as fast as one orbit for every 30 minutes! (Which is really fast for something that big.) Also of interest would be a thick stream of stellar matter pouring into nothingness. It's true that you wouldn't be able to see the black hole directly, but if TEP includes a black hole/super-giant pair, it would look spectacular.

If we use a traditional torus jump drive, then we'd have to throw in a few of these. Huge solar flares and the occational asteroid-sized piece of star flying at you.

This is a must have. Just to see those delicate wisps of gas flowing off of my starship... If we include a cloud effect, this could merely be an act of repition, with the cloud being the same color as the star. Nebulae are, after all, very thin clouds in space, and they simply reflect the star's light.

Hmm... this all might just be a Trekish lie, but it'd still be nice, eh? I've been informed by Ben that the dispersion between particles is too great to see anything, that it'd be akin to a thin fog you see only when you gaze into the distance. Still would be nice, but how unfortunate realism negates wisps!