Is it just me or is the backdrop of the Gizmoplex a tongue-in-cheek reference? I was assuming it was just a random star field, but I was looking at it tonight and it appears to be Christmas lights against a wall.
Perhaps some of what you believe to be stars are actually comets, or even wicked cool spaceships with flame decals on the side, and what you are seeing are either cosmic debris or merely a long film exposure.
You can test for these possibilities by sending a communications signal or attempting to catch them with a large butterfly net.
My experience with comets is that comets don’t come with linked tails like that. …tails that are similar to the patterns made by a strand of twinkle lights.