nope you need jump routes to travel star to star
most systems have multiple planets so it not that bad
also the main UEE trade hubs are on the same large jump route and close togeather

not sure if there are 3 fixed sizes of jump routes or if is a sliding scale
there maybe a few medium routes that if you are a good / desperate pilot you will be able to take an idris down.

7 known systems of hostile aliens I am impressed that the UEE managed to sneak in a survey craft into Caliban and Virgil long enough to find the jump route to the next system
for all we know there could be a 100 system empire linked to Viking

Last edited by Instrument; 10/26/15 10:34 AM.