Jump Gate

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Travel Type	Instantaneous Inter Sector (Also Inter-Cluster)
Ship Size	All
Jumps	1
Target	Paired Jump Gate
Bi-directional	Yes

Encyclopedia Description

The mysterious Jump Gates were supposedly created by a race which most species refer to as the Ancients. These devices are apparently spread throughout the entire galaxy and possibly beyond. They provide the only feasible and effective method of travel between Systems at this time. Unfortunately, most if not all became non-operational at the event known as the Jump Gate shutdown.

Overview

Jump Gates are a means of moving between different systems instantaneously as in the case of flying between Argon Prime and The Reach. Jump Gates can also have highways routed though them as in the case of the main highway ring. For trading it is important to note that transiting a Jump Gate counts as a "Jump" with many trading routines having an upper limit of 5 jumps. It is important to ensure that they (or their commanding station) are positioned appropriately to ensure their destinations are at most 5 Jump Gate (or Trans Orbital Accelerator) crossings away.

Notes

Jump Gates and Trans Orbital Accelerators are functionally identical in that they connect clusters together, more info available in Mechanics of X4's Map Design.