Sundala Starzone Setting Mechanics

Fixed Position FTL 'The Gates'

Marii Translight Gate System
- All gates are linked to the same bulk space so one can enter and exit anywhere in the system, gates are also 'closer' on the bulkspace side of the gates and thus ships have faster travel time.
- Created by the Marii Race hundreds of millions of years ago.
Kylev-Muldoon Gate System
- Kylev-Muldoon Gates are all 'paired' systems with an entry point and exit point and do not share bulkspace with other KM Gates. Thus a ship must exit at each system along the network slowing travel times.
- Created by humanity as a rough attempt at our own point to point FTL gate system.

The gates link to bulk space 'tunnels' within an isolated higher pocket dimension.
Gates essentially encapsulate ships in a bubble of normal dimensional space and dispatch it toward the receiving gate they signaled for.
Due to the far shorter distances between the gates from within the bulk space travel time which would take normal FTL methods days can be done in hours.
Ships within bulkspace are isolated in their own pockets of normal dimensional space and cannot interact with other vessels transiting within the bulk.

Roth-Fujita Point Jump Drive System

Mil Spec Grade Drive
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Maximum of 140
Light-Years per Jump

Commercial Grade Drive
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Maximum of 75
Light-Years per Jump

Civil Grade Drive
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Maximum of 50
Light-Years per Jump

Roth-Fujita Point Jump Drive System
Jumpline Distance Per One Earth Mass
(From the centroid of the celestial body.)

Mil Spec Grade Drive
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15,000 Km (9,320 Miles)

Commercial Grade Drive
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35,000 Km (21,747 Miles)

Civil Grade Drive
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60,000 Km (37,282 Miles)

Concentrated Regions of Dark Matter
Areas where dark matter has congealed and condensed into dense clouds, effectively blocking all forms of FTL. The gates bypass this restriction.

Effectively a microscopic FTL gate that links to a series of pre-selected micro bulkspace dimensions, this allows radio waves to travel across the space between the RK boxes at near instantaneous speed.
The synced RK Boxes must be travelling at a predictable speed and direction or the connection to the bulkspace will destabilize.
RK Boxes must have a shared bulkspace 'frequency' in order to sync.
Range is fundamentally unlimited.