Elite / Frontier Why is the hyperspace exit point so far away from a starport in some systems?

[boringnick]

In some systems, like achenar, alioth, 61 cygni and some others you come out of hyperspace very far from the planets. The best example is of course alpha centauri.

What's the reason for that? I am not an *astronomy buff - has it something to do with the amount of gas giants? The size of the star? Anything else?


*Since hyperspace clouds are fictional, has it really to do something with astronomy in the first place?

 

[Steve]

In some systems, like achenar, alioth, 61 cygni and some others you come out of hyperspace very far from the planets. The best example is of course alpha centauri.

What's the reason for that? I am not an *astronomy buff - has it something to do with the amount of gas giants? The size of the star? Anything else?


*Since hyperspace clouds are fictional, has it really to do something with astronomy in the first place?

This has been discussed before somewhere and IIRC it's just the way the game has been programmed.

It does, of course, have an impact on which missions you take on as you generally have a month to complete them. Fortunately, it's easy to check on the system information chart where your destination is and by that roughly how many AUs away you are likely to emerge from hyperspace.

Then you can judge whether your ship is fast enough to complete the mission in time.

And yes, hyperspace clouds are fictional, like Eskimos.

 

[boringnick]

This has been discussed before somewhere and IIRC it's just the way the game has been programmed.

Of course but, why was it programmed that way? Since the game strived for realism, I guess there was a astronomical reason why certain systems had this far away exits?

 

[Sir.Tj]

Of course but, why was it programmed that way? Since the game strived for realism, I guess there was a astronomical reason why certain systems had this far away exits?

Maybe it was just a feature depending on the size of the system you're jumping into. Might be one Micheal or Stefan could answer?

 

[Sir.Tj]

And yes, hyperspace clouds are fictional, like Eskimos.

And Play.com's predictions on when E4 will be released

 

[DraQ]

You tend to exit the hyperspace in a randomly determined point within certain distance to system's centre (I'd say "barycentre" was it not for the rather questionable representation of some multiple systems), which is the point your hyperdrive locks on.

"Certain distance" seems to fall somewhere around 10AU.

If your port of destination is orbiting this center in 1000AU distance, you simply have to prefer for a long haul.

 

[Alien]

Here's where it was discussed before in this forum : HERE

I couldn't sleep and so I thought i'd go look for it for you, helpful little Alien that I am (note to self : Must kill all humans & mutilate a cow).
That's my excuse and i'm sticking to it.

 

[Steve]

I couldn't sleep

Tried counting Thargoids? Preferably the ones that crossed your laser's sights? Works for me!

 

[Sir.Tj]

Tried counting Thargoids? Preferably the ones that crossed your laser's sights? Works for me!

I'm starting to think, we may need to get out a bit more..........

 

[Steve]

I'm starting to think, we may need to get out a bit more..........

Ah, yes. Real Life. I remember it well.

 

[Jesse]

hey, you must spek it fine:

this is the secure space to the next big gravitation points in a system. your bordcomputer generating a jump to the point with the lowest possiblity to collidate with other things. in alpha centauri the biggest gravitation point is between alpha and beta, proxima is a far trabant with lesser gravitation.

For the german speekers, check my story 10 Minutes infinity: http://www.dark-spacedock.de/KDE/kde16.htm