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Galactic Rings
Two circles appear on nearly every published
version of the known galaxy map. These circles
are known as the Galactic Rings and are a
descriptive concept that the IGS has used in
internal communications for about 30 years.
Any system that is very close to Avalorr, or
inside the area of the fi rst circle, is called a
Core System. Any system that is inside the area
between the two circles is called an Inner Ring
System. A system that is outside the two circles,
but has a public jump station, is called an Outer
Ring System. Every unexplored, unmapped, or
undocumented star system is considered part of
the Galactic Frontier. A Galactic Frontier system
becomes an Outer Ring system as soon as a
jump gate has been established.
Jump Stations
Most of us are well familiar with the Primary
Lanes that provide our worlds with goods brought
from all over the civilized galaxy. Currently
there are 197 public jump stations that form the
Primary Lanes of the IGS Public Jump Network.
Each IGS Jump Station is a fortress of weaponry,
satellites, equipment, and patrol craft dedicated
to defending itself. Strict neutrality has kept
the IGS uninvolved with the two Galaxy Wars.
Stations accept transmitted tolls, assist with
jumps, monitor traffi c, and relay information.
However, the IGS Public Jump Network is not
the only jump station network in the galaxy.
Private Jump Networks
Private Jump Networks have been around for
a long time. However, since the Second Galaxy
War broke out, they have become a topic seen
regularly on the news networks. Each major
government and several of the UCORs maintain
a network of private jump stations. These jump
stations are masked and, due to the vigilance of
the owners, are very hard to fi nd. It is through
the Private Jump Networks that war supplies and
reinforcements can be gathered in staging areas
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for the fi nal hyperspace jump into a combat
theater. The constant patrolling and sweeping
of government cold naval forces ensure that
space around the various home worlds are free
of covertly built private jump stations or even
surveying ships seeking to establish a temporary
jump station.
Jump Station Construction
Large vessels like the IGS Vanguard class explorer
ships carry the necessary equipment to conduct
more conventional hyperspace travel to far
systems and establish temporary jump points.
Due to the nature of the dynamic stream jump
system, jump routes cannot be established
between any random two points. A vessel that
seeks to establish a jump point must travel to
the place where a jump point is desired and
conduct extensive surveys of the surrounding
space-time fabric. This process can take months
or years. Even when successful, the surveys
might yield a jump point that is several score
and even sometimes hundreds of Astronomical
Units from the system’s star. There are many
stars that are inaccessible from what appear
to be close stars. They may only be reached
by going through a farther star system because
no suitable jump station could be established.
Vanguard class ships are designed to stay out
in space for periods of 2-3 years, but the IGSES
Silver Spear set a record when it took 5 years
and 2 months to fi nd and establish jump station
152 in the JC1602 system.
Once a suitable jump station location is
established, the survey ship will deploy the jump
point satellites and equipment that allows the
heavy construction equipment and supply ships
to jump directly into the new location. Usually
the survey ship stays on station until jump station
construction is complete. Construction of a new
jump station is a process that will take several
more months and the temporary jump station
remains open throughout the process.