I don't recall that map off the top of my head. But is it a multistar map, or are there any wormholes present? All stars are automatically linked to all other stars, and wormholes can link to other wormholes, and these connections are not seen in the game screen. Note you need to do civic research to be able to use either of these.

It is a medium 4 player map, and I cannot see any wormholes, although I have never experienced a map with a wormhole so don't know what to expect.

Aha ok I will try doing more civic research, thanks, what is the thing I need to research? I will take a look now to see if I can find it.

it IS a multi-star map (5), you will need to have at least 5 civ research stations, and do the 'long range jumps' research(usual name in tec, and also a good idea to do the wormhole travel research, but in this map there appears to be no wormholes.

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