[sarah-mari]

I seem to recall somewhere seeing a kewl idea put forth by GM_Istvan as a possibility for future things in Jumpgate or Jumpgate Evolution......i can only assume the Jumpgate Evolution is being made more flexible code wise or things like this will not be possible......here it is...Ist said a neat thing for Jumpgate would be player buildable jumpgates
1. what do u guys think.....maybe temp gates to new sectors for mining or perhaps .... i dont know help me flesh this out?

[Lordopic]

I kind of like the idea of temp gates, set one up for an ambush or deep strike in to enemy space, or jumping into uncharted territory for exploration/mining.

But I can also see a whole load of problems that are niggling me not sure how it would be implemented code wise ( I no nothing of such things ) and of course the old cry’s of exploit are bound to heard.

[Wild_Bill]

IF the temp gate was "unstable" and usable only a couple of times (i.e. GateKey), it would cut down on the "exploit" complaints. If the temp gate was random, it would serve little purpose, other than adventure since you wouldn't know where you would end up. It would have to have a minimum "set up time" to keep it from being used as an "escape hatch" as well. A "recharge" would also be required to also keep down the exploits.

Now if we get "explorable" space in Jumpgate Evolution, then a temp gate as an exercise prior to an FM to build a permanent gate to the new sector would be a good thing. Or the gate could end up being to a known sector, but would be add a new route to the game (i.e. Oct Shore to Aman Hook or The Stith to The Quadrangle or The Cerulean Clouds to Outer Cloud, etc).

But a reusable "temp gate" that you could set to any destination and return using the same gate just isn't something that I think would work well for most of us.