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'''Wormholes''' are rifts in space that connect two locations. Like stargates, they allow the travel of ships from one system to another. Unlike stargates, wormholes are not permanent. They connect two systems for only a short time and collapse when either their lifespan ends or too much mass has passed through them. Wormholes can connect any two systems regardless of distance from each other, providing temporary shortcuts to areas that would otherwise take many jumps to reach. Wormholes can also connect to uncharted space, or [[Wormhole Space|wormhole space]]. These systems are uncharted, and do not operate like normal systems.

Wormholes lead to many different places. A subset of wormholes connect to New Eden systems (henceforth referred to as [[System_Security#Known_Space|Known Space]] or K-Space) and some others connect from K-Space to the Anoikis (henceforth referred to as [[System_Security#Wormhole_Space|Wormhole Space]] or W-Space) galaxy. Most wormholes form within W-Space, providing the sole method for inter-system travel. There are no stargates in W-Space.

These wormholes are used to quickly travel throughout New Eden, they're also used to access high-sec or low-sec islands without risk of travelling through potentially dangerous space. They're commonly named for the sec status on both ends. High-to-high, low-to-null, null-to-high, etc.

These connect K-Space to W-Space. Players that do exploration use them to access W-Space to run cosmic anomalies and signatures. W-Space inhabitants use them to shop, resupply, sell loot and products and go on K-Space PvP roams. Without these wormholes, W-Space would be a desolate wasteland and nobody in K-Space would have access to [[Strategic Cruisers]].

Since there are no gates available in W-Space systems these wormholes provide the sole means of interstellar transport. Their dynamic formation and dissolution define W-Space interactions, in the form of capsuleers killing sleepers or each other. W-Space to W-Space wormholes are very crucial to moving down system classes because higher class systems very rarely get a wormhole connection to K-Space.

The color of a wormhole will give you an impression on where it leads. The outline will be the color of your current system and the center will be colored based on where it leads. See [[Visually Identifying Wormholes]] (and also below).

For a table of wormhole type identification, visit the [[Wormhole Types]] page.

Wormholes will also have a description about where they lead and their stability status.

Wormholes leading to K-Space take the image and color of the region on the other side. A red K-Space highsec or lowsec wormhole will most likely take you to Metropolis or Heimatar(Minmatar Space).

Here is a table of W-Space connections imported from [http://www.tigerears.org/2011/04/24/wormhole-colours/ here].

Wormholes come with [[Wormhole Information|different restrictions]]. Wormholes not only allow certain amounts of mass through them in their lifetime, but they may also have mass restrictions for each particular transfer. For example, wormholes from K-Space to C1 wormhole space will restrict ships going through to battlecruisers or smaller.

Capital ships with jump drives can go through wormholes, providing the wormhole can support the ship's mass. Cynosural fields can be opened in wormhole space, but ships with jump drives cannot lock on to these fields, nor can they lock on to cynosural fields outside of wormhole space to jump out. Supercapital ships such as Titans and Supercarriers cannot go through wormholes at all, as they are far too large for even the largest wormholes.

Additionally, there is a restriction on how often in a given time a pilot may jump through a particular wormhole. You may not jump through a wormhole in the same direction twice without waiting five minutes. For example, if you jump through a wormhole at 05:00 and then jump back through the wormhole at 05:03, you will be polarized until 05:05, five minutes after your last transit in that direction. When polarized the wormhole will prevent you from jumping through, and present you with a message informing you how much time is left on your polarization timer. Similarly, if you were to jump as soon as the timer was up, you would be polarized on the other side of the hole until 05:08, five minutes after your last transit in ''that'' direction.

What type of system will the wormhole lead. These will be of the following format:

|'''Zero Security''' ||Nullsec

 

*If the wormhole is named (anything other than K162) you can look up the location using [[User:Enta_en_bauldry/Wormhole_Connection_Table|this table]].

How long will the wormhole last before collapse?  Show Info on the wormhole will list one of the following:  

How much mass can be transported through the wormhole before collapse?  Show Info on the wormhole will list one of the following:

What size of ships can pass through the wormhole.

|Larger ships can pass through this wormhole||Ships larger than a frigate, destroyer, or HIC can pass through this hole

After a certain amount of mass is transported through or after some time the wormhole will disappear. While most wormholes only last for 24 hours, there are some variations to this rule. When a static wormhole collapses a new one with the same properties will spawn somewhere else in the same system. It will have to be scanned down. When a non-static wormhole collapses it simply disappears forever. You can read more on static wormholes in the [[Wormhole Space]] article.