Hyperverse 2.0: A Techno-Historical Background for my Ships

Summary:

As a long time fan of //Babylon 5// I've always been fascinated by their //"Jumpgate"// technology, which in **//GURPS//** terms most closely resembles a //Jump Gate// described on page 19 of [[[http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/spaceships | GURPS Spaceships]]]. As these characteristics seemed to make dramatic sense in //Babylon 5//, I decided to incorporate some of them in my personal hyperspace rule set, with a few variations.

Hyperverse 2.0: A Techno-Historical Background for my Ships

DaltonSpence 09 Nov 2010 21:24

As a long time fan of Babylon 5 I've always been fascinated by their "Jumpgate" technology, which in GURPS terms most closely resembles a Jump Gate described on page 19 of GURPS Spaceships. The main differences between GURPS and Babylon 5 hyperspace seem to be;

1. the need to "open a jumppoint" to enter and exit hyperspace,
2. the ability to loiter at the same relative position to the nearest strong gravity well in normal space without power (subject to gravitic drift), and
3. the ability to detect other ships and maneuver relative to them and fixed hyperspace landmarks (ie. "jumpgate beacons").

As the above characteristics seemed to make dramatic sense in Babylon 5, I decided to incorporate some of them in my personal hyperspace rule set¹, with a few variations. For an example of a ship constructed using these rules, see the Pathfinder class Mobile Jump Gate. If anyone is interested, I will add a page here describing the setting in more detail.

Dalton "who will have many middle names before this is done" Spence

Footnotes

1. "Hyperverse 2.0" is the GURPS Fourth Edition version of a setting I started for the third edition.

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