Catapulting????

[11___________]

Ok i have been here for 6 months ( a long time for me) and have been checking the old posts from about 4 years ago, and so what is catapulting??? Here is the forum i found it from -----> http://forums.sscentral.com/index.php?showtopic=2801

 

Pictures help if needed!

[Bomook]

Catapulting was similar to traveling via the hypertunnels now, in that you fly to the jump gate. But unlike the hypertunnels, you used !(sector) or ?(sector) to instantly travel to the gate at your destination sector, without having to fly through the hypertunnels.

[Evil Doom]

i like our gate system now better

[Fat Cat]

Bring back folding!

[11___________]

ok..whats folding? Catapulting is really cheap! Folding has to be better.

[Bomook]

Folding is even cheaper!

 

At any location inside of a sector (except in close proximity to a base) you type !(sector) to instantly teleport to a random location in the destination sector, losing all your energy in the process. You leave a temporary space fold, so anyone traveling to where you were when you jumped will also move through the fold, without the energy penalty.

 

There was a third method of transportation, which is very similar to what we currently have, in which you have to physically fly through the hypertunnels.

[Dr Brain]

I got the ideas for catapulting, folding and hyperspace/gates from Angelm!@#$%^&*, Dune and Babylon 5, respectively.