Posted by: Steve Walmsley
« on: December 31, 2008, 09:11:35 AM »Quote from: "dammrebel"
That answered some questions I was having too. But a couple more on jump mechanics or rather stargates.For 2-way travel yes, although once a gate is up at one side of a jump point you can travel through it. You just won't be able to get back without a jump ship or a second gate.
1) do Stargates have to be built on both sides of the jump point? I'd assume yes.
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2) What exactly do stargates do, do they just make it easier for large number of ships to jump...or does it make it so non jump ship equiped ships can transit the jp on there own because of the gate?The latter. They effectively act as a jump ship of unlimited size.
Also if you leave a jump ship on a jump point, it will permit two-way travel for non-combat transits up to the size of the jump ship. The jump ship doesn't need to be in the same fleet as the transiting ships. The game assumes the jump ship will make the necessary transits to ferry through any non-jump-capable ships.
Steve