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A wormhole is an artifically-created hyper-spatial portal which initiates and connects a hyperspace conduit to a natural spatial anomaly known as a weft (which becomes the exit-point of the conduit).
Wormhole (entry-point) and weft (exit-point) pairings are distinct from hyperspace gate technology, the latter being an engineered pairing of artificial constructs at both ends of a planned hyperspace conduit.
Jenquai Sha'ha'dem hyperspace physicists have discovered a method of interlinking the current coordinates of a ship with the known coordinates of a natural weft, in order to create a hyperspatial conduit entrance, or wormhole, from any location. This technology provides immediate ad hoc convenience of hyperspace travel without vastly expensive and location-tied gating technology.
Naturally, wormhole science is highly classified and only taught to Jenquai Explorers. A special version of the technology is also made available to high-level Jenquai Defenders who have maximised their Summon skill. Known as "Return Friend" or "Return to Base" (RTB), this highest Summon skill-level allows a JD to create a wormhole and interlink it with the coordinates of the docking-bay at the station where the JD has most recently registered.
For information on spatial exit-point locations, see the article on Wefts.