Beacons
Stations
Stations noun - (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary.
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In Elite: Dangerous, populated (non-anarchist) systems have System Authority vessels that respond to danger and patrol around nav beacons and space stations.
Source: City Guards -
Less common methods usually revolve around the hard-to-obtain hand teleporter, teleporter stations and cleverly placed beacons, or the Teleport and Ethereal Jaunt spells.
Source: Stealth Hi/Bye - Mook Maker: The Covenant's Patrol Stations don't directly defend systems, but instead act as beacons to summon reinforcements.
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