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| Due to the near lightspeed projection through the Krasnikov tube, jumping or skipping is significantly faster compared to conventional gate travel. However, thanks to the high consumption of energy and the one way nature of skipping, ships risk stranding themselves should they run out of antimatter capsules. Skip drives are traditionally unsafe and have a 1% failure rate resulting in total annihilation. The further the jump, the higher the chance of failure. | Due to the near lightspeed projection through the Krasnikov tube, jumping or skipping is significantly faster compared to conventional gate travel. However, thanks to the high consumption of energy and the one way nature of skipping, ships risk stranding themselves should they run out of antimatter capsules. Skip drives are traditionally unsafe and have a 1% failure rate resulting in total annihilation. The further the jump, the higher the chance of failure. | ||
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| + | The risk of annihilation can be mitigated through specialized support ships designed to calculate and skip the entire fleet at once. These ships are essentially giant supercomputers and can network every WQP in the fleet to work together in tandem. Supported skips reduce the failure rate down to about 0.05% per jump. | ||
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