There is one possible use for a jump gate/warp gate whereby its' existence fulfills a need rather than finding a need to justify its' existence and cannot be done normally with Hyperspace jumping and fits into good gameplay where new places to go open up not bypassing the whole witchpoint to station travel part of the game which is core fundamental oolite.
That is providing a "highway" of sorts for travel to distant planets of the system you are already in.
You mean the technology of Gates OXP used in TCAT.oxp, as mentioned by Thargoid 7 posts above yours?
Hasn't somebody already turned that into an OXP for connecting the additional planets from one of the SystemRedux-type OXPs?
Or were the trials unsatisfactory because of the floating point precision problem? I remember at least quite extensive threads about it, but I can't be bothered to search for them.
Thanx maik. Staer9 that is one nightmare of a ship! You're like the Stephen King of ship design!
Take an idea from one person and twist or modify it in a different way as a return suggestion so another person can see a part of it that can apply to the oxp they are working on.
If I was an alien from a rogue planet or moon with no sun that is the ship I would fly. And to me it would probably look kind of cute while everyone else that I happen across(unlikely) goes to pieces at the sight! Inspired!
Take an idea from one person and twist or modify it in a different way as a return suggestion so another person can see a part of it that can apply to the oxp they are working on.
Thanks for the coments on the ship , for the release it is just going to be a pirate ship (but a very rare one) and ocasionally a player ship (if you can find it).
as for the name, Medusa sounds good, but I get the fealing someone has already done it... but it is not on the ships oxp list.
make sure to check this thread for further development