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Short Jump is the term for a type of hyperdrive developed by Bentusi in the First Time, who then sold it to many races on the Outer Rim Trade Routes. It allowed ships to move faster and farther than any conventional drive would allow. While many races developed improvements to the base technology, they were still far from achieving the reach of a Far Jump hyperdrive. Therefore, ships equipped with Short Jump drives can travel larger distances only by a series of shorter jumps, waiting each time for the hyperdrive to recharge.

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  • In multiplayer mode, all ships frigate-size or larger can make Short Jumps, at the cost of a certain amount of RUs (the longer the jump, the more RU's are required. There is a maximum limit, regardless of distance).
  • In all of the Homeworld games, enemy reinforcements arrive via short jumps, as the reinforcements in all Homeworld games do not have a ship capable of Far Jumping.
  • In Homeworld: Cataclysm, the Kuun-Lan is not equipped with one of the Three Hyperspace Cores. This means all of the end-mission jumps are classified as short jumps.
  • In Homeworld 2, the Pride of Hiigara makes a short jump in Mission 4 to jump past Vaygr forces and destroy a Vaygr command station.

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