Background

Since it's conception, a key use case for StarGate has been the Towny gamemode.

In addition to individual players' portal networks, it was common practice for towns to be linked to a server's spawn via portals.
Generally, a building was made for the exitpoints of such portals; this building was often called the 'nexus' or 'terminal'.

Traditionally, the process of operating a 'nexus' or 'terminal' systems was manual in nature, and often the responsibility of staff.
With the T flag, we hope to automate that process and thereby create a scalable terminal system.

Pictured: part of a popular 2013 Towny Server's terminal/nexus.

Specification

The flag T and a configurable network, by default Terminal will be assigned to this feature.
By specifying the default network, Terminal, or a different network and the "T" flag, the gate is included in the nexus system.

Creating a base (origin) gate (inside the terminal building)

Creating an origin gate will require a permission check of some sort.

Paid (Vault)

<Base Gate Name>
$<Price>
Terminal
<flags>

<Base Gate Name>
$<Price>
<NetworkName>
T<flags>

Free

<Base Gate Name>

Terminal
<flags>

<Base Gate Name>

<NetworkName>
T<flags>

Creating a node (exit) gate (inside the town/destination)

This will require a different node, which everyone will have by default.
Creating a gate will require that the price outlined on the base (origin) sign be paid.

<Exit Gate Name>
<Base Gate Name>
Terminal
<flags>

<Exit Gate Name>
<Base Gate Name>
<NetworkName>
T<flags>

Towny Examples

Server-Level (Network) Example

An admin creates this gate inside of a nexus building.

Nexus45
$5000
Terminal
A

A nation's king/queen buys it by building this gate inside of their nation spawn ($5000 is deducted from their vault balance).
Note that, as a town mayor would not have perms to make a portal on the Terminal network, they would be exempted from that check in this specific instance.

NationSpawn
Nexus45
Terminal

The player now has a linked gate, and has had $5000 deducted from their vault balance.

Player-Level (Flag) Example

A nation king/queen creates this gate inside of their nation spawn's nexus room.

NatNexus3
$250
nation_name
T

A town's mayor buys it by building this gate inside of their town spawn ($250 is deducted from their vault balance).
Note that, as a town mayor would not have perms to make a portal on the nation_name network, they would be exempted from that check in this specific instance.

TownSpawn
NatNexus3
nation_name
T