GLΩAMING
SOC-7
A cursory look at the jump route tool in Travellermap reveals that travel for a J-6 courier from Regina to Capital would be fastest through Corridor sector (26 jumps).
If one enables "Allow anomalies/calibration points", it makes the route faster (25 jumps) by rerouting through some anomalies in the Corridor section of the GR.
In comparison, a J-6 courier going from Regina to Capital through the GR Islands route would take 31 jumps.
10 jumps from Regina -> Tonnurad, 21 from Tonnurad -> Capital.
This makes me wonder about the viability of the Imperial governmental/military trans-rift couriers described to be in existence in several published works. Why bother?
You could make the argument that these couriers are to alert sectors such as Gushmege and Verge to important events such as the 5th Frontier War. However, these sectors have limited and outdated naval forces and couldn't provide much, if any, support. Therefore I fail to see the need for a high priority, secretive Imperial information route crossing the Rift.
For the final cherry on the cake, the Islands subsectors are engaged in a multipolar cold war. Do you really want to send your emergency call for naval support through a region filled with highly militarised and paranoid states?
If someone could explain it all to me, I'd love it!
If one enables "Allow anomalies/calibration points", it makes the route faster (25 jumps) by rerouting through some anomalies in the Corridor section of the GR.
In comparison, a J-6 courier going from Regina to Capital through the GR Islands route would take 31 jumps.
10 jumps from Regina -> Tonnurad, 21 from Tonnurad -> Capital.
This makes me wonder about the viability of the Imperial governmental/military trans-rift couriers described to be in existence in several published works. Why bother?
You could make the argument that these couriers are to alert sectors such as Gushmege and Verge to important events such as the 5th Frontier War. However, these sectors have limited and outdated naval forces and couldn't provide much, if any, support. Therefore I fail to see the need for a high priority, secretive Imperial information route crossing the Rift.
For the final cherry on the cake, the Islands subsectors are engaged in a multipolar cold war. Do you really want to send your emergency call for naval support through a region filled with highly militarised and paranoid states?
If someone could explain it all to me, I'd love it!