The Krasnikov Gates (K2 Tubes)

Once all connection with the Inner Sphere was severed, attention turned towards building it's own infrastructure. Not having access to the factories and industrial centers of the Inner Sphere, the scientists of the NSR were forced to be careful when reverse engineering every piece of equipment.

Because the NSR had access to people who understood the technology behind jump drives, the NSR was able to make small limited number of Jump Ships. Those quickly became part of the NSRN. However this did not solve the problem of traveling between worlds. For this, the fledgling state would create the Science Academy in Havana, dedicated to working strictly on the issue of interstellar travel and communication.

Over the next 400 years, the Academy would design more efficient and smaller K-F Drives and production of jump/drop ship hybrids would become widespread. With the harnessing of dark matter, the creation of the Krasnikov Gates created a system of travel between the systems that no longer required K-F Drives. Using principles put forth by Serguei Krasnikov in 1995, each gate (or tube) connects to a preset destination. The gates "open" and ships may pass through to the other side with little time dilation. This has enabled the NSR to make travel between it's worlds accessible to ships lacking in K-F drives, but also allows one to cross from one end of the state to the other in days.

Each Gate also serves as a habitat for the 1000s of personnel that maintain and support the various systems of each gate. Ranging from maintenance crews for the Gate itself, to the various support services offered to the families of those living there. Each Gate is protected by the New Suns Travel Bureau with a range of defenses from patrol corvettes to drone fighters. All crimes committed in the area around the gate fall into the NSTB jurisdiction.