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In science fiction, Jumpgate (or jump gate) refers to a device that allows fast travel between two points in space. Several works use this term extensively. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...
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In the Babylon 5 television series, a Jumpgate is an apparatus with the power to open a vortex that connects normal space with hyperspace, making interstellar travel a matter of days. Jumpgates also provide beacons that allow navigation within hyperspace. The technology was originally created by the Vorlons.[citation needed] Humans later acquired jumpgate technology by purchasing it from the Centari. A typical Jump Gate. ...
A typical Jump Gate from the Babylon 5 science fiction universe. ...
A typical Jump Gate from the Babylon 5 science fiction universe. ...
Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ...
A typical Jump Gate. ...
Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ...
Scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope depicting the inside of the Millenium Falcon when entering hyperspace. ...
This page discusses Beacons, fires designed to attract attention. ...
The Vorlons are an advanced ancient race from the science fiction series Babylon 5. ...
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century In the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century television series a network of stargates' has been set up for interstellar travel. In this context, stargates are the same concept as jumpgates. These stargates were shown as a diamond-shaped quartet of stars that shimmered when a vessel was making transit. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is the title of an American motion picture produced by Universal Studios and released in 1979, and is also the title of a television series based upon the film that was aired by NBC for two seasons between 1979 and 1981. ...
A typical depiction of a Milky Way Stargate Stargates are fictional devices that feature as a central part of stories set in the Stargate science fiction universe. ...
EVE Online In the MMORPG, EVE Online, jump gates allow travel between star systems. Due to the complex nature of their construction and the physics that they are based upon, in the official lore of the game, a jump gate must be placed between two stars of a star system with at least two stars - this makes "approximately one in every three" star systems unsuitable. However, currently all solar systems in the game seem to only have one star. An image from World of Warcraft, one of the largest commercial MMORPGs as of 2004, based on active subscriptions. ...
EVE Online is a persistent world multiplayer online game set in space. ...
Fading Suns In the fictional Fading Suns universe jumpgates are the only means to travel between the stars. They are huge structures left behind by some almost unknown alien civilization called the Ur. The jumpgates are long ring-like structures that have a diameter of several kilometers across, they are opened by a device called jump engine, and the route is controlled by another device called the jump key. The civilization of the known worlds has very little understanding of the principles at work behind the gates. Fading Suns is a science fiction space opera role-playing game published by Holistic Design. ...
Freelancer In the Freelancer game by Digital Anvil, the jumpgate is an apparatus which provides travel from system to system. After the Liberty landed on Planet Manhattan and began exploring the New York System they came across the natural phenomenon known as the Jumphole. Ageira Technologies researched it and developed the Jumpgate, and in conjunction with Deep Space Engineering, provided the rest of the Houses with the technology- for a hefty fee. Image File history File links Freelancer_gate. ...
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Freelancer is a space simulation computer game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft. ...
Freelancer is a space simulation computer game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft. ...
Jumpgates form choke points through which traffic entering a star system must pass, making them favored ambush points for criminal groups such as the Outcasts and Corsairs. To guard against this, naval or military checkpoints are commonly situated near Jumpgates, who also take advantage of the opportunity to scan for contraband being smuggled into the system (although smart smugglers and criminals tend to make use of jump holes rather than risk detection and capture.) Jumpgates are also outfitted with defensive turrets in order to cover the immediate vicinity. When the Hispania arrived on the borders of the Sirius Sector (just outside Omicron Alpha), a suspected Coalition spy set off a powerful bomb on the inside of the sleeper ship, causing critical internal damage. ...
From the Digital Anvil/Microsoft game Freelancer. A naturally occurring hole in the fabric of space that allows for instantaneous travel to another point in space. ...
Nevertheless, a great many careers have been cut tragically short in Sirius by an unsuspecting convoy or fighter entering a system only to find a whole squadron of pirate vessels waiting for them and their valuable cargoes.
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In the Stargate film & television series universe, Stargate, are ring-shaped devices with 'chevrons' equally spaced around their circumference, and 39 symbols displayed on an inner ring. They were created by an extinct alien race known as the Ancients (or the Alterans), who scattered them on Earth-like planets throughout the Milky Way and other galaxies. They are occasionally collectively referred to as the "Stargate Network". An open Stargate from Stargate SG-1 This work is copyrighted. ...
An open Stargate from Stargate SG-1 This work is copyrighted. ...
A typical depiction of a Milky Way Stargate Stargates are fictional devices that feature as a central part of stories set in the Stargate science fiction universe. ...
A typical depiction of a Milky Way Stargate Stargates are fictional devices that feature as a central part of stories set in the Stargate science fiction universe. ...
An activated Stargate, the central object of the fictional Stargate universe, here depicted in the SG-1 television series. ...
If given enough power, and "dialed" correctly, Stargates can be used to open wormholes from one gate to another, allowing nearly instantaneous travel between them. Matter can only pass in one direction between Stargates through a wormhole- from the gate that "initiated" the connection to the gate that was "dialed". Matter in transit is broken down into its individual atoms and then reconstructed on the other side, but walking through a Stargate is superficially no different to stepping through a doorway. Communication from one end to the other of a wormhole can be conducted by using radio signal transmissions, which are able to travel in both directions through the wormhole. Because of stability issues with the wormholes that the stargates generate, the wormholes last only 38 minutes under normal circumstances, as seen in the Stargate Atlantis episode, Thirty-eight Minutes. Thirty-eight Minutes is an episode from the first season of the television series Stargate Atlantis. ...
Transformers The original Transformers cartoon featured the Space Bridge, which created a subspace tunnel from one point to another — typically, from an Earth station to Cybertron. The Earth station resembled a giant ring lying down, with an opening gate. When activated, the gate would close and sections of the ring would light up, the light spinning until a subspace tunnel was opened and whatever was in the ring was pulled in. The Cybertron receiving station was built into a large tower. Only one Space Bridge was ever shown, and it was under Decepticon control; but one station existing on Cybertron may be a hint that there were other Space Bridge stations on Cybertron. It was a key plot device in the first two seasons, phased out afterwards in favor of more standard space travel. The Transformers was an American cartoon series depicting a war between giant robots who could transform into vehicles, animals, and other objects. ...
Cybertron from the original cartoon series Cybertron is the home world of the Autobots and Decepticons in the assorted stories in the fictional Transformers universes. ...
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Unlike some examples (see Stargate above), matter is not broken down when sent through the Space Bridge — the objects stay intact inside the subspace tunnel.
The X Computer Game Series The jumpgate in the X Computer Game Series by Egosoft is a large device which uses a wormhole to connect itself to another jumpgate. These devices have changed in appearance through the series although this is accepted as a graphical enhancement, not actual gate altering. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x1024, 211 KB) Licensing This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the company that developed the game. ...
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A map of the X Universe during X3: Reunion The X universe is the setting of the X space simulator series developed by Egosoft. ...
Egosoft is a game company based in Würselen, Germany. ...
Analogy to a wormhole in a curved 2D space (see Embedding Diagram) Artists impression of a wormhole as seen by an observer crossing the event horizon of a Schwarzschild wormhole, which is similar to a Schwarzschild black hole but with the singularity replaced by an unstable path to a...
The jumpgates create a web of connections to 163 known sectors within the X Universe. Within the sector the jumpgates are roughly located in the north, south, east and west. Not all sectors have 4 discovered jumpgates, some have slightly more, many have less. A map of the X Universe during X3: Reunion The X universe is the setting of the X space simulator series developed by Egosoft. ...
The jumpgates and their current configuration are believed to be designed by ancient beings who are currently nowhere within the X Universe gate system. They are believed to be observing the sectors but direct contact has not occurred in generations. They are also blamed for the re-routing of some jumpgates every now and again, cutting off some sectors or connecting undiscovered ones. A map of the X Universe during X3: Reunion The X universe is the setting of the X space simulator series developed by Egosoft. ...
The current intelligent biological residents of the X Universe, the Argon, Boron, Paranid, Split and Teladi do not understand the technology behind the jumpgates but the Humans of the Sol system successfully created their own jumpgates in the mid 21st century. The Earth jumpgate connected to the alien jumpgate system. The humans began colonising using the prearranged alien jumpgates although every sector they visited was strangely devoid of intelligent life. The Earth jumpgate was self destructed to trap the destructive terraformer fleet in the X Universe, away from Earth. A map of the X Universe during X3: Reunion The X universe is the setting of the X space simulator series developed by Egosoft. ...
A map of the X Universe during X3: Reunion The X universe is the setting of the X space simulator series developed by Egosoft. ...
The only race in the X Universe to possibly understand the jumpgates are the Xenon, which are the “descendants” of the robotic terraformer fleet from Earth. They created a jumpdrive to get back to Earth to destroy it. The first jump-ship managed to jump close to the Earth system but it was badly damaged. The Kha'ak race also appear to have an understanding of jump systems, although they never use gate, preferring to use a jump system of their own design, which creates a momentary wormhole by joining several ships together and drawing power from all of them. A map of the X Universe during X3: Reunion The X universe is the setting of the X space simulator series developed by Egosoft. ...
Jumpgate: The Reconstruction Initiative Jumpgate: The Reconstruction Initiative is an MMORPG in a science fiction setting for the PC, released on September 25, 2001 by NetDevil An image from World of Warcraft, one of the largest commercial MMORPGs as of 2004, based on active subscriptions. ...
NetDevil is an independently owned and operated computer games development company founded in 1997 in Louisville, Colorado in the United States. ...
In the game, jumpgates are used to travel from sector to sector of space. All sectors, without a station, consist of asteroids and a beacon. Many have Player Owned Stations and may have items related to events run by GMs. Station sectors all have a planet within the sector. The player is the pilot of a spacecraft, acquiring wealth and status by engaging in trade, mining, and/or combat. Players may work on their own or together as members of a collaborative squad. Players can upgrade their craft in various ways, including adding weapons, engines, shields, and other modifications and upgrades. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Prehistoric Park See Prehistoric Park#Technology for more information. Prehistoric Park is a 6-part television series in documentary style, from Impossible Pictures Limited, (the makers of Walking with Dinosaurs) which premiered on ITV on 22 July 2006 and on Animal Planet on 29 October 2006. ...
Marvel Comics In the Marvel Universe, the alien Shi'ar race have Stargates which can transport matter across intergalactic distances. There is a large Shi'ar stargate on the edge of our Solar System, but it requires a massive amount of energy to activate, and is hazardous to use since it has the potential to destabilize the Sun (writers tend to ignore this when convenient). This does not cite any references or sources. ...
The Shiar, also called the Aerie, are a fictional species of aliens in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
Doom Also the DOOM series have their own jumpgates, called Anomalies and placed on both Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars. In the Doom 3 games, instead, a true version of stargate appears. In Doom 3, it offers a direct link to Hell, where two Hell Knights come out from to try to kill the protagonist. In Doom 3 - Resurrection of Evil, another stargate is opened when the latter faces the first Hunter. All the Anomalies, in both the classic and new Doom, are used to travel in space at an instant speed, by they use an alternate dimension as shortcut, where the hellish and demonic race dwells.
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