Gateway Proposals, Mar 2026
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
The ADI Gateway Cooperative is an Antares-based regional group focused on constructing gateways. By contributing resources to the gateways, members earn ownership shares proportional to their contributions. By banding together, co-op members ensure the smooth operation of gateways in Antares and beyond!
Phase 1 Complete!
I’m thrilled to announce the initial phase of five fully upgraded gates capable of supporting 5k ships has been completed in Antares space. Not only are we the only region with 5k ship support, but all our gates support the largest ships. The upgrade for 5k ships apprixmately doubles the number of GWS needed for a gate, so it’s a sizable expense.
Financially, the situation continues to slowly improve. With 11m in profits, the ROI has gone from 6.5 years to 3.5 years. As more gates come online, traffic on the system has increased. Longer uptime also improves the traffic-to-upkeep ratio, since upkeep is still a major portion of our income.
New Gateway Tool and Guide
Our new Gateway Fuel and Upkeep Monitor tool provides a quick look at the status of all the new gates!
I have a new guide: Understanding Gateways.
Shareholder Planning
Due to the open nature of AGC, many non-contributing shareholders had a lot of weight in the discussion. Since they’re “spending other people’s money”, they don’t have the same motivations as shareholders. Now, each gate added to the AGC could either dilute or strengthen our shareholder’s positions. For that reason, there will be share-holder specific channels.
Additionally, any voting that may be needed will be ranked choice, rather than winner-takes-all.
Proposed Gates
Eos to Norwick
Pros:
- Solid distance savings from ANT to Norwick
- We did a ton of math and Eos -> Norwick slightly beats Ant IIa to Norwick
- AppleTree23 offers to donate 200m of the $475,696,662 est cost.
Cons:
- Minimal benefit to other planets in Norwick’s system.
- Population in adjacent systems isn’t too high.
- Doesn’t help Harmonia or connect to starter planets.
Harmonia to Nascent
Pros:
- Very good distance savings from Harmonia to Nascent
- Both high population planets, one is a starter planet
Cons:
- Near zero benefit for travel to and from CX
- Population in adjacent systems isn’t too high
- Doesn’t help Harmonia or connect to starter planets
Roshar to EW
Pros:
- Very good distance savings over a long distance
- Serves many destinations (Nyx, Rhenos Pater, etc)
- RE is shipping intense
Cons:
- The sum population served is somewhat low
Gate to Eremos
Note, this gate has been significantly reworked, thanks to AppleTree, Melon, and others.
Pros:
- The only truly transformative gate option
- Drastic improvement in RE shipping
- Opens void region to poor people
- Saves 45.5pc FTL off the trip to Hecate, plus the void jump in a 23.28 pc gate.
Relatively short and cheap gate
Cons:
- The sum population served is pretty low
- Gonna take a lot of colony ship trips to get a gate inside
- Sunk cost fallacy saddens colony ship owners (not me though!)
Join the efforts
Join the ADI Gateway Cooperative!
Are you interested in contributing to a cooperative focused on constructing a gateway? Ownerships shares are proportional to your contribution. Join the cooperative and commit to the rules of the shared-ownership model!
