Hyperspace Drives

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a few things i do remember about the lore of sirius ( might be wrong though )

- sirius is unlike the sol system. its a manufactured cluster of stars. a "micro-cosmos" to offer diverse enviroments in a very small room of space. - so its not like the sol system and alpha centauri ( the closest star system ) which is still lightyears away.

- jumpgates do not create wormholes. the wormholes are present all throughout sirius. - they were also manufactured. - jumpgates only provide traffic control/safety AND stabilized travel. a natural wormhole in its normal state can damage a passing ship. - a gate allows vessels to travel unharmed.

- the osiris had a jumpdrive as far as i know in the SP campaign. - and its experimental feature is not its drive but only its stealthgenerator. - so we can assume that dreadnoughts and other capital class vessels of that time also have jumpdrives. at the same time we can still assume that they usually use jumpgates though. they fit through - so why use a jumpdrive when you can use a jumpgate...



anyway - i still don t think such a feature is a good idea. i m not so much thinking of abuse but of the wellfare of the community as a united community.
start handing out "special treatments" and you create a two class community. ( yes, we already have it - sort of )
jumpdrives are a bit like cloaking devices imo. - no matter how much you increase the downside of the effect - its almost impossible to balance it out.

cloaking has been RPed in the past ( but it takes both sides to agree - since there is no real cloaking of course ) - jumpdrives might also be RPed as such.

orbital bombardments have been RPed, so have many other things.

when its only used as a special feature for special events. - in the past - on key events or well planned events in general ( like RM vs. corsairs ) - admins were present to watch over it, take photos and share memories afterwards.

admins present on such events can easily let you RP a jumpdrive ( by .beam [ player ] [ location ] ) - its not perfect, but doesnt require any new feature at all.

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