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Who stole the stars?
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Chal0ner
Hideaway Hunters
The Hideaway.
#1 - 2015-02-03 15:57:31 UTC
According to EVE lore, you need 2 stars in system for a jump gate to work.
So ... who stole the second star in just about all systems?
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#2 - 2015-02-03 16:00:58 UTC
John Wolfsson
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2015-02-03 16:39:39 UTC
second star is brown dwarf, which is nearly invisible ...
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#4 - 2015-02-03 16:45:12 UTC
To find it, you need to double click the second star when its on the right, and MWD towards it until morning.

Unfortunately, due to downtime, no one can reach it.


Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Cat Troll
Incorruptibles
#5 - 2015-02-03 18:13:48 UTC
https://i.imgur.com/CHDIZke.jpg

Lolwut: "Yes, you kids don't know how lucky you have it. These days noobs get given free tackle ships for PvP but back in the old days the only tackle ships we were given were our pods. We had to use them to bump their rookie ships out of alignment to stop them warping off."
Dyllan Ma'tar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2015-02-04 00:26:17 UTC
Quote:
In layman´s terms, a star gate generates an artificial wormhole, through which a vessel passes to its destination. These gates are constructed to exploit areas of natural gravitational resonance, or harmony, either on the edges of solar system or in the areas where a sufficiently large or dense celestial body creates a relative equilibrium between itself and the star it orbits.

While this resonance is not required to be absolute (such as, for example, when two celestial bodies cancel each other´s gravitational effect completely-the ideal conditions for a star gate), gravitational distortion most remain below an acceptable threshold for star gate´s subsystems to be able to function normally. Once that condition is satisfied, a stable link can be created between the source and the destination nodes. These nodes are the gates themselves. They operate in pairs, their interstellar positioning arrays and mainframes linked directly via the fluid router system for instantaneous point-to-point communication.


Bold italics mine. Source: https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Stargate#History_.26_Lore
Foxicity
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2015-02-04 01:19:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Foxicity
Ah, Dyllan Ma'tar.

Lagrangian points

The points in space where two gravitational bodies cancel out each others' forces. For example, there is a spot between the Earth and the Moon where they are pulling equally, and a satellite placed there will not fall toward the Earth or the Moon, remaining relatively stationary between them.

There's your cool science, OP.

ps thanks for finding a source Dyllan

pps I'd like to see at least one super awesome sick-nasty stargate that lives up to being placed right between a pair of binary stars. Bonus points to CCP if they make it the entry to a low or null border system.
Another Posting Alt
Zerious Fricken Biziness
#8 - 2015-02-04 01:45:07 UTC
Who says they can't be some sort of dwarf star orbiting the main at 100's of AU?
Chal0ner
Hideaway Hunters
The Hideaway.
#9 - 2015-02-04 04:42:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Chal0ner
Must've missed that when I read it.
As for dwarf stars, if they exist, they should be as scannable as wormhole (or anomalies) imo. But I can see that adding to lag etc.
Trevor Dalech
Nobody in Local
Deepwater Hooligans
#10 - 2015-02-04 09:36:52 UTC
Foxicity wrote:
Ah, Dyllan Ma'tar.

Lagrangian points

The points in space where two gravitational bodies cancel out each others' forces. For example, there is a spot between the Earth and the Moon where they are pulling equally, and a satellite placed there will not fall toward the Earth or the Moon, remaining relatively stationary between them.

There's your cool science, OP.

ps thanks for finding a source Dyllan

pps I'd like to see at least one super awesome sick-nasty stargate that lives up to being placed right between a pair of binary stars. Bonus points to CCP if they make it the entry to a low or null border system.



Well... stationary... if you're using a non-rotational reference frame a satellite will remain in such an orbit such that it will always stay between the Earth and the Moon. If you're using a reference frame which is rotating along with the Earth-Moon system then the satellite would be stationary. But you'd have to say that the gravitational forces of Earth and Moon, and the centrifugal force, cancel out.
Foxicity
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2015-02-05 00:26:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Foxicity
Trevor Dalech wrote:
Foxicity wrote:
Ah, Dyllan Ma'tar.

Lagrangian points

The points in space where two gravitational bodies cancel out each others' forces. For example, there is a spot between the Earth and the Moon where they are pulling equally, and a satellite placed there will not fall toward the Earth or the Moon, remaining relatively stationary between them.

There's your cool science, OP.

ps thanks for finding a source Dyllan

pps I'd like to see at least one super awesome sick-nasty stargate that lives up to being placed right between a pair of binary stars. Bonus points to CCP if they make it the entry to a low or null border system.



Well... stationary... if you're using a non-rotational reference frame a satellite will remain in such an orbit such that it will always stay between the Earth and the Moon. If you're using a reference frame which is rotating along with the Earth-Moon system then the satellite would be stationary. But you'd have to say that the gravitational forces of Earth and Moon, and the centrifugal force, cancel out.


Trevor...

Pedantic