... it worries me when you ask questions like this.
I guess I better make sure I've got a level or two of sensor tech and some ships floating around with it.
I don't play Balance but I doubt Kwok is too far off Stock. And in Stock you need "Stellar Manipulation" level 35 just to open the warp points. From there you get the "Gravitational Quantum Resonator" which itself tops out after 30 levels. Or put another way "Stellar Manipulation" level 35 is the low point, level 50 mid-way, and 65 the top end.
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I recall someone mentioning in regard to the Balance Mod (and I presume Stock is similar ) that the earliest level of the warp point opener is sufficient to span the majority of most generated maps.
You will get the warp point opener at level 10 Stellar Manipulation, increasing in strength up to level 16, which is the max level for the warp point opener.