Blink Drive
Ships are slow on their standard engines, especially for capital class. Blink drives help with mid-battle re-positioning. Or just getting close enough to a station that is too close for another normal jump but too far to reasonably fly to.
Utility
Quick tactical re-positioning mid-fight, or just covering a longer distance that isn't large enough for a Standard Jump but still something of a pain to fly with regular engines.
Blink drives, lacking the minimum range issue that Standard Jump Drives have, are a bit more viable for deliberately jumping into another ship. Assuming one is ether crazy enough or desperate enough to even think about trying it. As both ships are likely to be destroyed. It is also frowned upon to deliberately jump into another ship.
Parent Technologies
Access & Availability
Mostly found in advanced Strike Craft and Capital ships. The latter only really being part of major faction fleets.
Complexity
About as complex as a Standard Jump Drive, just altered to be much shorter range. Still requires the shield!
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