No Man's Sky now has its own Death Star with a laser so big it can 'destroy space station sized objects'

Who says you need a mouth-breathing psychopath in black armor and a gross, pale old ghoul in a hood to have a Death Star? No Man's Sky continues its seemingly endless parade of free updates today with The Swarm, which introduces a new threat to the universe: a massive space station called the Hive of Glass that controls an army of angry drones.

And yeah, like the Death Star, the Hive's got a really big laser, too. Here, I'll let Sean Murray tell you about it:

"The Hive of Glass protects itself by releasing swarms of robotic drones, creating an awesome spectacle of battles with hundreds of ships," Murray says. "The Hive itself is a weapon too, with the iris opening to release the largest weapon we’ve ever seen in No Man's Sky. A laser capable of destroying freighter fleets and perhaps even something as large as a space station…"

Don't expect to take on the Hive all by yourself l...