I'm perplexed... What good would a Gladiator be if it doesn't have jump capability? There are no carriers for sale, right?
As far as I understand it every system has jump points which normally require some kind of jump ability to go through. However, in the more built up areas of the galaxy there are jump gates constructed and any ship should be able to go through those. You should still be able to cruise the galaxy in a gladiator, just can't go visit the fringes without hitching a ride.
That is my understanding as well. In one of the in game fictions the main character takes a p-52 (small fighter you cant ever mount a jump drive on) through a jump game and comes out the other side alive. So they have to have some sort of jump gates for non jump equipped ships.
If i'm not mistaken, what it was done in that case was to follow the "jump opening" created by another ship, not that there was somekind of gate that allow you to make a jump without a jump drive.........................................................uhmmm, lets all jump together! .
I don't recall reading of any kind of gate that allow you to jump without a jump drive.
So far, with the exception of the P-52 Merlin, all ships are JUMP capable. But not all ships are equiped by default with a JUMP drive that allow them to perfom jumps. For example, i have a Freelancer that is by default equiped with a jump drive. But my 325a is not equiped with a jump drive, the 315p is the only ship of the 300i series equiped with a jump drive as base equipment.
If you have a ship that its not by default equiped with a jump drive, you will have to buy one inside the game for that ship, and expend one of the upgrades slots for that.
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