[Lt. Spanks]

I know there is only one.
*Sad music plays*

Where is it location wise in the solar system. As canon as possible

Thanks,
-Spanks

[Lt. Spanks]

And yes there is a typo in the subject

[Megawolf492]

From the ending cut-scene of FS1, the node is pretty close to Earth's moon. I'd say probably 1/4-1/3 of the Earth-Moon distance outside of the orbit of the moon (i.e., further from the Earth).

[BirdofPrey]

Which is weird since all the other nodes we've seen have been in the middle of nowhere.

Also FS1 map shows 3 nodes

[NGTM-1R]

We have no idea how nodes relate to the motion of other objects in the system, so saying it's near the Moon may not actually mean anything most of the time; it was near the Moon at that exact moment.

[Mars]

IIRC some nodes moved around from FS1 to Silent Threat to FS2.

[FrikgFeek]

Sol was supposed to have jump nodes to Delta Serpetnis, Beta Aquilae, and Deneb in FS1. Guess the Lucy explosion created some kind of subspace disturbance or whatever that disrupted all 3 nodes.

[Mars]

I don't know if it was actually officially retconned but the other two were generally considered to have never existed outside of FS1 command briefing animations. What I'm talking about is jump nodes in actual missions. I seem to remember two nodes were placed at a close distance in FS1 and beyond visual range in ST or FS2, but I could be wrong.

[AdmiralRalwood]

Volition's official node map shows only one node out of Sol, and declared that it superseded the game. See here for more information.

[wardog300k]

I think that best places for all three nodes(which i do consider canon)would be Delta Serpentis-near the Moon
                                                                                                                             Beta Aquilae-middle of nowhere,but closest to Jupiter
                                                                                                                             Deneb-near the Pluton

[Lt. Spanks]

I know there is only one functioning one, just where is it at.
I think i will end up just placing it somewhere in the far reaches of Sol. I know it might be little bit non canon, but I feel like that is the place to put it.

[Phantom Hoover]

it's really hard not to answer this with BP fluff because BP Thinks Of Everything and its answers are always really slick

[Sololop]

Didn't BP put the node out near Neptune, iirc?

[AdmiralRalwood]

Didn't BP put the node out near Neptune, iirc?

The location of the node after the activation of the Sol gate is irrelevant to the location of the node before the Lucifer's destruction, because the Sol gate changes how the node operates.

[Lt. Spanks]

I sort of remember seeing earth in the cut scene where the Lucifer comes out of subspace and is destroyed, but it wouldn't be that close.
I'm just going to put it in the Kuiper belt, far out of the way, or perhaps near Jupiter

[General Battuta]

In my function as an Advanced FreeSpace Analysis System I have processed all the canonical data I could find about node positions and the best-supported (but not only viable!) hypothesis is that nodes do not obey classical orbital mechanics. Stick it anywhere you want and move it around as you please, because that **** don't orbit, it moves around according to some peculiar subspace logic.

[Phantom Hoover]

I was thinking about mooting the idea that artificial relocation of subspace nodes is easy enough that the Sol one was just parked above Earth for convenience, but I've quickly decided that the tactical can of worms that opens is too disruptive to the setting.

[karajorma]

In my function as an Advanced FreeSpace Analysis System I have processed all the canonical data I could find about node positions and the best-supported (but not only viable!) hypothesis is that nodes do not obey classical orbital mechanics. Stick it anywhere you want and move it around as you please, because that **** don't orbit, it moves around according to some peculiar subspace logic.

I tend to like that premise because it explains why no one set up permanent defences around nodes. It's pointless trying to set up a defence system if the node is going to end up moving away from it.

[BirdofPrey]

In my function as an Advanced FreeSpace Analysis System I have processed all the canonical data I could find about node positions and the best-supported (but not only viable!) hypothesis is that nodes do not obey classical orbital mechanics. Stick it anywhere you want and move it around as you please, because that **** don't orbit, it moves around according to some peculiar subspace logic.

The why I have been thinking about it is that nodes are (relatively) fixed in relation to the star.  The problem is that EVERYTHING ELSE is moving.  Planet X isn't going to be near the node all the time, and if you tried blockading the node, you'd have to expend a bunch of propellant to counteract gravitational forces trying to move you away from the node.

[FrikgFeek]

Maybe it would be possible to place sentries in  the actual subspace tunnels. Obviously you can't put mjolnirs in there as capships exploding would collapse the node(or maybe you could configure them to only cripple enemy warships without destroying them), but the subach-armed sentries would be pretty good at picking off recon wings going through the node.