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The main idea you should take away from this picture is that in order to travel from e.g. Aldrat (in Minmatar space) to Jita (in Caldari space) without leaving high sec, you need to travel through Gallente space. There are shorter routes, but they all involve at least one low sec system. | The main idea you should take away from this picture is that in order to travel from e.g. Aldrat (in Minmatar space) to Jita (in Caldari space) without leaving high sec, you need to travel through Gallente space. There are shorter routes, but they all involve at least one low sec system. | ||
The red portion of the ring between the Caldari State and the Amarr Empire is the Niarja route, which will be discussed later on this page. | |||
== Highways and Chokepoints == | == Highways and Chokepoints == | ||
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Highways and chokepoints also exist outside of the ring. Again using the same example, in order to reach the remainder of Minmatar space from Aldrat (or in order to return to Aldrat), you must pass through the Eygfe system. On the other end of the example route, the systems Urlen and Perimeter are on a popular shortest path between most of Caldari space and Jita. In particular, the Jita gate in Perimeter and the Perimeter gate in Jita are popular destinations for smartbombing battleships as well as for scouts who would like to scan your cargo. | Highways and chokepoints also exist outside of the ring. Again using the same example, in order to reach the remainder of Minmatar space from Aldrat (or in order to return to Aldrat), you must pass through the Eygfe system. On the other end of the example route, the systems Urlen and Perimeter are on a popular shortest path between most of Caldari space and Jita. In particular, the Jita gate in Perimeter and the Perimeter gate in Jita are popular destinations for smartbombing battleships as well as for scouts who would like to scan your cargo. | ||
== The Fall of Niarja == | |||
For many years, the most heavily trafficked hisec trade route was the 9-jump route from Jita to Amarr. That route entered and left Amarrian space via the 0.5-sec system, '''Niarja'''. The relatively low security rating of the system made it a haven for gankers (and thus the the most famous of the hisec chokepoints). | |||
On 16th August, 2020, Niara became targeted by the [[Triglavian Invasion]], and on 18th August, the system fell to the invaders and became first lowsec, then nullsec, with all gates in the system heavily camped by both Triglavian sympathizers and large groups of Triglavian NPC ships. This effectively cut the Jita-Amarr highway, making the route deadly to any ship not able to either enter warp in under two seconds, or exploit a cloaking device to align and warp safely. This also made every map of the trade routes and topology wrong, an issue which is still being incrementally corrected. | |||
As a result of the fall of Niarja, the safest route between Jita and Amarr is now 44 jumps, in a path stretching all the way around the ring through Minmatar and Gallente space. Fortunately for non-Triglavian sympathizers, when the Bei system was invaded in the week after Niarja, the invaders were repelled and the system became an EDENCOM Minor Victory. (Had Bei fallen, hisec would have been effectively cut in half, with an Amarr-Minmatar half, a Caldari-Gallente half, and no safe routes connecting the two.) | |||
== Low Sec Shortcuts == | == Low Sec Shortcuts == | ||
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There are several connections between empire space and null security space. While these connections can be avoided by [[Jump drive]] equipped ships, routes to some of them become are trafficked and are often gatecamped. | There are several connections between empire space and null security space. While these connections can be avoided by [[Jump drive]] equipped ships, routes to some of them become are trafficked and are often gatecamped. | ||
A map updated for the fall of Niarja, with routes between tradehubs as well as to various nullsec outlets, is | A map updated for the fall of Niarja, with routes between tradehubs as well as to various nullsec outlets, is displayed below. | ||
[[Image:Spannr highsec subway map.png|600px]] | [[Image:Spannr highsec subway map.png|600px]] | ||