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Jump (or Jumping) is a form of faster-than-light travel that uses a combination of wormholes and cross-dimensional transit. The technology is adopted throughout the known galaxy as a way to cross vast distances very quickly. The technology works either by means of an "engine" built into starships or via a special gate. Typically, jump engines are only found in larger ships; starfighters and other small vessels do not possess jump engines.

Whilst jumping, a vessel essentially opens a portal to another dimension where the distance between the starting point and end point are significantly shorter. This enables the crossing vessel to traverse the distance in a matter of hours, rather than years. After travelling the distance, the vessel returns to normal space.

 

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A Skip is a comparatively tiny jump, that allows an object to journey a small distance in a short space of time. As the distance covered is only a few hundred kilometres at most (as opposed to many thousands of light years, as used by commercial and military jump drives), it is an impractical method of transportation, even for inner system craft. The only device in existence that is known to utilize such technology is the Tachyon Star Bomb.

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