Jump Gate

A Jump Gate is an FTL Portal linking one part of space with another through an FTL tunnel.

• Please also see: Alternative FTL Drive

Description (Specifications)

Jump Gates are important alternate FTL routes to the stars, but the jump drive is more flexible and is near universally employed throughout Charted Space.

Naturally-occurring Jump Gates

Naturally occurring jump gates are known as:

1. FTL Tunnels
2. Jump Tunnels
3. Wormholes

Other Types of Jump Gates

Sophont-made jump gates and similar technologies include:

1. Argian Stargate
2. Jump Gates
3. Portals
4. Star Gates

History & Background (Dossier)

Starship-sized matter transport portals are unavailable at TL:13-15 and it is not believed that the technology will be available until the TL:19-27 Technological Period or perhaps at a more advanced, later age.

• It is believed that the Ancients and possibly other precursor sophont species possessed this technology.
• The only jump gates found in Charted Space are artifacts, left from other, more advanced civilizations or...
• They are independently developed technologies developed within Charted Space.

References

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

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