Gate Section
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The contents of this page were introduced in the original Sword of the Stars. |
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Summary
The Gate ships give the Hiver wings, allowing instant transport across the gate network. Each gate deployed increases the power of the network, allowing more ships to access the web at once. Deploying Gates takes time however, and must be kept safe for two turns before the brethren reinforcements can arrive.
The Gate Construction Section allows the ship to be deployed as a Hiver Gate, which forms the basis for Hiver FTL travel.
Giving the order to deploy a Hiver Gate can only be given during a strategic turn. If there is any combat at that system on that turn, the ship constructing the gate is automatically part of the active fleet and must survive the battle before completing its task. Note that this means invading an enemy system through a Hiver Gate means that the ship must survive two combat turns: one when the ship arrives (but it may be kept in reserves if possible) and one after giving the order to deploy the gate.
Cruiser class gates do not provide more capacity then Destroyer class gates, but they do provide additional armor and weapons for defense.
Destroyer class gates have a starting capacity of 3 per gate, which increases to 6 per gate with the Gate Amplifier technology. A Cruiser class gate starts with a capacity of 6 per gate.
Gate ships can also take substantially more damage than listed here once deployed.
| Section Type | Mission Section |
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| Required Technology | Teleport Gate (Gate Amplifier for cruiser) |
| Races Allowed | Hiver |
| Ship Class Allowed | Destroyers Cruisers |
| Version: | This information valid for Version 1.7.1 
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Destroyer Class
| Destroyers | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Crew | Health | Mass | Cost | Const. Cost |
Tac. Speed |
Turn. Speed |
Sm. Mounts |
Med. Mounts |
Lrg. Mounts | ||||||||||
| Hiver | n/a | 1500 | 5000 | 30000 | 2300 | -15 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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Cruiser Class
| Cruisers | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Crew | Health | Mass | Cost | Const. Cost |
Tac. Speed |
Turn. Speed |
Sm. Mounts |
Med. Mounts |
Lrg. Mounts | ||||||||||
| Hiver | 45 | 3000 | 15000 | 75500 | 3780 | -10 | -10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
