warp point opening technology - How?

[Xaren Hypr]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Well thats why you should have a fleet with the WP Opener. Send it in to glass their system if need be!

I did have a fleet ready, but by a weird twist of fate (physics?) my WP opened onto an existing one...and this one was heavily mined . *sigh*

I didn't lose my whole fleet, but it was one nasty surprise...live an learn .

BTW, does anyone know if it is somehow possible to make WP bases? The component type says ship/base, but when I tried to use a set of paired WP comps (open/close) that I had put on a base I got a message stating that I had no movement points left. Is there any way around this in the unmodded game?