Pads
The almost ubiquitous Alliance technology. Seem to be most akin to the Stepping Disks from Larry Niven's Known Space universe, rather than the Star Trek teleporters.
History
Developed in 102 BA, just over a hundred years (101) after the Well drive, which was the technology on which the Pads were based.
Technology
They can be used to send people and material to a location that does not have a receiving Pad, but you have to have a Pad to go from the location.
Range is planetary, and orbital. I don't believe we've seen interplanetary distances done? Hypothetically pads can be chained between stations.[1]
The Chatcaava have some equivalent of Pads, though it is unclear whether it has similar properties to the Alliance version.[2]
References
- ↑ Dark Lighthouse
- ↑ Even the Wingless, Part One