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What would happen if you were sitting on a purgills back, wearing a space suit, when it jumped to hyperspace?

Probably die...

Yeah. Purgills have natural hyperspace capabilities, but people need pressurized, protective cabins so they don't get obliterated by those forces.

Hence the suit. A pressurized space suit

They were created by the Rakatta.