Why are there distances between Stations and Jumpgates?

[yurineova]

Well, with Trade Lanes, means that you can put a station almost anywhere and easily reach it.

As for stand alone jumpgates, kinda akward but it could also mean that a tradelane will be there in the near future.

As to positioning of Jumpgate, yea, response time is understandable AND also I image you cant just throw a jumpgate anywhere, it has to be built in certain stable locations (to prevent collisions of planets, stars, etc)

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