Random thoughts and some open questions

[Ricordis]

Hey there,
I don't want to open multiple threads for my questions and thoughts so I put them all together in here.

Do traderoutes make use of Gateways?
I think I once saw a traderoute making use of an L-Gate but do player built gateways count too?

Just in theory:
If every trading post in my empire has a gateway the traderoutes would be only one jump, decreasing the piracy to an absolute minimum: The trading post system's own piracy.
If I add another system to that network with a gateway and the starbase there is military post filled with hangar bays all my traderoutes would gain +60 trade protection, don't they?

Do hyperlane registrars affect gateway jumps and jumpdrives or just normal hyperlane jumps? This could make them actually useful.

Do listening posts work through gateways or just normal hyperlanes?

Do nebulae block sensors completely? So no spying out of the nebula or are things inside nebulae just not detectable?
Example: A Spacestation with listening post in the middle of a 3-system nebula. Ist the spacestation able to see what happens outside the nebula?

Do nebulae block the sentry array (megastructure)?

Target Uplink Computers do not buff the defense platform's range, do they?
Does the defensive aura from the command center affect the space port and it's platforms?
Do Titanauras affect platforms?

 

[Volapyk]

Hey there,
Do traderoutes make use of Gateways?
I think I once saw a traderoute making use of an L-Gate but do player built gateways count too?

Yes traderoutes can go through any gateway or even wormholes

Just in theory:
If every trading post in my empire has a gateway the traderoutes would be only one jump, decreasing the piracy to an absolute minimum: The trading post system's own piracy.
If I add another system to that network with a gateway and the starbase there is military post filled with hangar bays all my traderoutes would gain +60 trade protection, don't they?

Haven't played till gateways in a while, but last I tried a single spacestation collecting trade in a gateway system (with say 6 trade posts), would collect like normally AND through everygate and 5 systems out, meaning a single station can collect ALL your trade, ideally this station is in your capital system so it wont have to be send anywhere, so no piracy. Same a starbase with hangars would project its protection all through your gateway system.

Do hyperlane registrars affect gateway jumps and jumpdrives or just normal hyperlane jumps? This could make them actually useful.

As far as I know, no they don't affect jumpdrives or gateways.

Do listening posts work through gateways or just normal hyperlanes?

Yup they do, for all intends and purposes gateway systems are connect just as if they had a hyperlane between them

Do nebulae block sensors completely? So no spying out of the nebula or are things inside nebulae just not detectable?
Example: A Spacestation with listening post in the middle of a 3-system nebula. Ist the spacestation able to see what happens outside the nebula?

Must admit I can't remember exactly how nebulaes work, should be easy enough to test though.

Do nebulae block the sentry array (megastructure)?

Nope, sentry array sees everything

Target Uplink Computers do not buff the defense platform's range, do they?
Does the defensive aura from the command center affect the space port and it's platforms?
Do Titanauras affect platforms?

Not sure, but I think Uplink does work with defence platforms, and the Command Center is only for ships in the system, as far as I know at least

 

[Mitchz95]

Systems in nebulae can't see any neighboring systems, even if they are also inside the same nebula.