Warp Gate
Warp gates can only be built on Moons.
Only the owner of a moon may use its Warp Gate.
Owning a single warp gate has no benefit: there is no point in being able to send ships to a another warp gate if there is no other warp gate to send them to.
If a player has 2 or more moons with a warp gate on each they can transport an entire fleet instantly from one to the other without using hydrogen.
Resources cannot be moved via warp gates.
There is a sixty minute recharge time for the gates used, which limits the use of each Warp Gate to one fleet (sending or receiving) every hour. This recharge time is only needed for the two Warp Gates that were used, so should the owner possess other Warp Gates it is possible to execute multiple jumps in one hour, as long as each warp uses previously unused warp gates.
Upgrading a warp gate does not have any effect on its performance: recharge time is unaffected, and the range is already unlimited. It will, of course, increase resource spent points in statistics, but that is all.
Instructions.
Once you have at least two moons with warp gates, select the moon that has the ships you wish to warp from and display the Fleets view. Select the second moon you want to warp to as the destination. Select the ships you want to warp. The Warp option should be added to the Mission types. Select Warp. Click Dispatch Fleet. This action does require an open Fleet Slot.
Just remember you can't take resources with you, so if your fleet is transported make sure you have some hydrogen at your destination. If you need to send resources between the two galaxies where you have warp gates, use a transport mission from moon to moon as Oracles cannot scan moons.
Construction Cost
| Level | Ore Cost | Crystal Cost | Hydrogen Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
As the base build time is 2400:00:00, or exactly 100 days, the actual build time will equal the build-time reduction multiplier given by the Moon's Capitol level, in days. (For example, if you have a level 10 capitol the build time will be reduced to 9.09 days.)
(NOTE that, as with everything else, these times are halved in EXTREME.)
While it is possible to build a Warp Gate beyond level 1, doing so provides no operational benefit.
