Jump gates

[Venatacia]

Been looking at some vidoes at Egosoft's web-site and you-tube and noticed between two gates in the sector, there is a white swirling tube between the two jump gates. Didn't notice it at first but now looking more closely it has me a little worried. Some video shots from the ships that were flying around showed that white swirling tube all the way across the screen which kind of spoiled the view of space in the background.

Anyone noticed this and is it something to worry about or not ?. Last game I played was X3 at the very begining of launch. So the white tube look out of place to myself.

[wizaerd]

I believe the jumpgates are no longer functioning, and now there's a space highway (the white swirly tube thing)

[Xautos]

Originally posted by wizaerd:

I believe the jumpgates are no longer functioning, and now there's a space highway (the white swirly tube thing)

The gates do function but after the great gate shutdown it's very possible that the gates found each other by random chance and reconnected but a lot of the other systems are likely disconnected from each other, but there is a good chance some gates don't function at all without anything to connect to.

[Venatacia]

"The great gate shutdown" & " possible that the gates found each other". ? Guess i'm missing some story here not playing much after X3 luanch, all those years ago.

Personally I liked the gates from X2 and the jump scene. Never knew they were alive or something.

[Xautos]

XR will fill in the details, i don't want to spoil it for you too much. :)

[Venatacia]

Unfortunately I was put off with X3 (didn't like the change form X2 to X3 and a lot of the soul of the game was missing for me personally). Skipped XR too for reasons we don't need to go into so I will have to miss out on that. Looking forward to X4 though, has me interested agian.

[Belteguesian]

Originally posted by Venatacia:

Unfortunately I was put off with X3 (didn't like the change form X2 to X3 and a lot of the soul of the game was missing for me personally). Skipped XR too for reasons we don't need to go into so I will have to miss out on that. Looking forward to X4 though, has me interested agian.

That means you missed X3 Terran Conflict (The best ever no joke, I play X-Universe from the first game) and X3 Albion Prelude (almost as good).
The story of X-Rebirth (the worst in the series) is that there was a gate shutdown and the systems got isolated and ruled by corporations (!!!). At the beginning of X-Rebirth storyline the gates start working again but at "random" order jpoining. There are some that are not even connected at all.

[Afro Luigi]

Originally posted by Belteguesian:

The story of X-Rebirth (the worst in the series) is that there was a gate shutdown and the systems got isolated and ruled by corporations (!!!). At the beginning of X-Rebirth storyline the gates start working again but at "random" order jpoining. There are some that are not even connected at all.

This isn't totally accurate.

The gates are reconnecting randomly after the shutdown, but not all the systems were taken over by corporations, just Albion and Home of Light were taken over. Plutarch ruled like tyrants, while Terracorp just wanted things to continue running so they took over defense and administration. Terracorp will probably turn things over to the Argon Government shortly after restablishing contact with Omicron Lyrae. While the Heart of Albion (loyalists to the Argon Government) team up with the Republic of Canterra and the Argon Government to drive Plutarch out.

Omicron Lyrae saw itself continue more or less unchanged with the Argon Government, they just didn't have any contact with other branches of the Argon Government.

Devries saw the stranded Terrans form their own republic called the Republic of Canterra.

The Split Family Ryak also continued things as normal in Maelstrom authority wise, but their proximity to a Xenon Horde saw them become far more sneaky and engaging in less straight out conflicts.

And the Teladi Union in Fields of Opportunity kept going as per normal minus the loss of contact with the rest of their civilization.

edit: repeated myself

[zBeZz]

Originally posted by Afro Luigi:

Thank you for this, was interested in the lore behind everything but despite having rebirth, couldn't bring myself to play it.

[Afro Luigi]

Originally posted by Spence.B:

Thank you for this, was interested in the lore behind everything but despite having rebirth, couldn't bring myself to play it.

You could always check out some Let's Plays!

[Belteguesian]

[quote=Afro Luigi;1743352529763824000

This isn't totally accurate.

edit: repeated myself [/quote]

I know, was just trying to give some basic info whithout geting too much inside what happens in XR. just the general lore. BTW I haven't finished the Rebirth campaign, so I don't know what happens when HoA reunites with the Argon Gov, never even reached the point of discovering Omicron Lyrae!!! Always got stuck in building the factory in De Vries. Not that I'm missing much I think.

[markdb92]

you could always help them finish their station by bring them stuff.

[Anthony AyeDog]

Originally posted by Belteguesian:

[quote=Afro Luigi;1743352529763824000

This isn't totally accurate.

edit: repeated myself

I know, was just trying to give some basic info whithout geting too much inside what happens in XR. just the general lore. BTW I haven't finished the Rebirth campaign, so I don't know what happens when HoA reunites with the Argon Gov, never even reached the point of discovering Omicron Lyrae!!! Always got stuck in building the factory in De Vries. Not that I'm missing much I think. [/quote]


There's a not that adds a station to a non-pmc faction (can't remember the name though) that will make building the easier a bit.

I'd recommend escorting your freighters though if you do as the station is still in pmc territory

[yongbing1]

Originally posted by Belteguesian:

Originally posted by Venatacia:

Unfortunately I was put off with X3 (didn't like the change form X2 to X3 and a lot of the soul of the game was missing for me personally). Skipped XR too for reasons we don't need to go into so I will have to miss out on that. Looking forward to X4 though, has me interested agian.

That means you missed X3 Terran Conflict (The best ever no joke, I play X-Universe from the first game) and X3 Albion Prelude (almost as good).
The story of X-Rebirth (the worst in the series) is that there was a gate shutdown and the systems got isolated and ruled by corporations (!!!). At the beginning of X-Rebirth storyline the gates start working again but at "random" order jpoining. There are some that are not even connected at all.

Please, stop the x-rebirth euro-trashing. X-rebirth was a necessary step. Consider it an experiement. I for one played it for over a 1000 hrs. Enjoyed it immensely