We considered it, but abandoned the idea. The world builders and designers would lynch the programmers if they discovered we flooded all their carefully designed cities. After all, there's no point in doing it unless it is noticeable. Definitely before ship. I haven't named it yet.
Time passes in the Sosarian calendar regardless of whether the servers are running.
Not yet determined. This is one of those things we'd like to do, but I don't know whether we'll have time to implement it. Kepler would love it. From Greek mythology, Hyperion is the Titan of light, the father of the sun, the moon, and the dawn. I thought it appropriate new alias for my work in Origin, since I've done all the lighting and skies.