i mostly got through via trial and error and luck. what i mean by escape is instead of the run ending when you get to the center. you have a chance to escape after the orb activates.
Viewing post in Shackles of the Stellar Tyrant comments
Ahh yeah, that would be cool.
I think it'd kind of go against the tension curve a little bit, getting to the middle is the high point of the danger in the level, so getting out again could feel a little bit like an anti climax, but maybe if there was some interesting stuff going on with more spawns coming from outside or something it'd work.