common sense would suggest that the jump holes (or worm holes) were indeed there first. It was only mankind's quest to colonize space that created the jump gates, and once space had been colonized, the colonist's began further exploration into the unknown and found the wormhole network, you can't create wormholes ,well you can but you need a pair of black holes to do it
(02-16-2020, 07:34 PM)Valorenn Wrote: common sense would suggest that the jump holes (or worm holes) were indeed there first. It was only mankind's quest to colonize space that created the jump gates, and once space had been colonized, the colonist's began further exploration into the unknown and found the wormhole network, you can't create wormholes ,well you can but you need a pair of black holes to do it
It seems "creating worm holes" is what jump gates do in Freelancer.
Speaking about "common sense" (or even causality) in faster than light travel is kind of... problematic.
The linked timeline says the first jump hole was discovered in Sirius in 380 AS, the first human jump gate was built in 130 AS, and in the same year (130 AS) a jump hole was discovered in Picardi (Gallia). Who ever wrote the Picardi part probably wanted to imply that it wasn't a coincidence that it was found at the same time the gate was built in Sirius. (then again what do time and causality matter in FTL fantasyland)
Its also possible that jump holes were there before, but that you'd have to have a ship that can successfully use a jump gate before you can also successfully use (or even identify) a jump hole.
The part about Picardi conflicts with the latter tho, because allegedly Gauls learned to build gates because they found the JH.
Could also be who ever wrote that didnt put much thought into it.
(02-16-2020, 07:34 PM)Valorenn Wrote: common sense would suggest that the jump holes (or worm holes) were indeed there first. It was only mankind's quest to colonize space that created the jump gates, and once space had been colonized, the colonist's began further exploration into the unknown and found the wormhole network, you can't create wormholes ,well you can but you need a pair of black holes to do it
Sure you can. Fusion and antigrav open the door to major manipulation of space. It can also depend on your definition of wormhole. Ones like in star trek would require highly advanced power over gravity at the quantum level, but even 'hyperspace' or in ST 'subspace corridors'/quantum slipstream are all forms of 'wormholing' or tunneling through space. How much you can do depends on the amount of energy you can wield.
Jumpgates make sense for Sirian human level technology being able to create linked wormholes. Actual self sustaining functioning wormholes though make sense to be from more advanced beings. There's no way I'd buy them being natural.
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