Military Vs Commercial Jump Drives

[Havan_IronOak (OP)]

Although the in-game tool-tip says that military jump drives are required for military ships and Commercial Jump Drives are required for Commercial ships, I recall seeing a post saying that:
1) A military Jump Drive could be mounted on a Commercial ship without making it a military ship.
2) A Military Jump drive will allow commercial ships to pass through their gate provided that the size is small enough.

Are either (or both) of those correct?

[TheDeadlyShoe]

1.) yes

if you ever have doubts about this you can check the 'commercial components only' checkbox in the ship designer.

2.) yes


more typically though i mount commercial jump drives on military ships (like gravsurvey ships or big carriers).

*shrug*

[Mor]

There is a bit of confusion about Commercial vs Military jump drives (changes, outdated in game description and mixed reports), but I believe that nuance is covered at the bottom of this page.

* Ships with military engines can only be escorted by a ship with a military jump drive.
* Ships with commercial engines can be escorted by ships with either military or commercial jump drives.
* The maximum size of ship that can be escorted through has to be less than the jump ship and the jump drive rating. For example, if you have a 28 000 tons jump ship, you will only be able to open a wormhole for ships of 28 000 tons or less, regardless of your jump drive efficiency.

I also seen it said by the user slojan whose username I can never spell right