A JUMP GATE: The fastest way to travel long distances in space. It breaks planes down into atomic particles and transmits them as data or energy to the next station. There, they are reconstructed from pre-obtained data.

Koji: Solla? This is Koji on the bridge. We’ve entered Andoian air space.
Solla: Thank you, Koji. There is no safe port to load our cargo in. Therefore, Lypha and myself will be making the descent by bubble.
Koji: Roger. Oi’ll be maintainin’ radio communiq, then.
Lypha: You know, I hate deserts.
Solla: Lypha, if you do not leash your angst, I will break your arm. Now, listen to me. You will be going alone to the pick-up point. From the train tracks until you reach the Gabrielson Institute. There, you will meet our contact. He will give you the weapon. Return to our landing site after you obtain it. I will return with it to the Jester X. You will then take a train to Dock Six, where we will meet you.
Lypha: You do know I’m not particularly thrilled with this assignment, right?
Solla: You are the most qualified for it.
Lypha: Well, craika, you and Koji must be sterling examples of ineptitude, then.
Solla: Lypha.
Lypha: Yes, sir?
Solla: Shut up.