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'''Warp Gates''' are points located in real space connected to another such region by way of a tunnel that travels through the [[Warp]].{{Fn|1}} They were constructed by ancient [[Human]]ity during the [[Dark Age of Technology]] and their workings are not understood by the [[Imperium]].{{Fn|7}}

[[Image:Deathwatch-Epistolary.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Deathwatch]] utilising the Jericho Gate.{{Fn|5c}}]]

These tunnels are known to be able to avoid the disturbances of warp space thus allowing a journey to be made both safely and within a fixed time. A great mystery surrounds these gates as there is speculation regarding whether they are natural a phenomenon or artificially created. If the latter, a further mystery concerns who were the creators of warp gates and what was their intended purpose. Some gates are known to be artificially enhanced as they contain mechanical constructions that delineate their entrances, though their exact function could only be guessed at. Their one disadvantage is the fact that their destination is pre-determined, which permits travel only within the fixed lane. Some warp gates are little more than black holes in space.{{Fn|1}}

Every spacefaring species is willing to use warp gates whenever they are encountered though the location they lead to can be hazardous. This is because many gates appear to be defective, dumping space vessels to random regions of warp space. Others instead take their travellers to areas that were once planets or stars but are now empty tracts of space. There is also the possibility that a gate can lead to a distant [[xenos]] star empire. It is even conceivable that some craft might disappear into the Warp and end up being transported beyond the [[galaxy]] itself.{{Fn|1}}

*[[Khthonic Gate]] and [[Elysian Gate]]: Both located within the [[Sol System]].{{Fn|7}}

*'''Warp Gate 492''' : located in the vicinity of Cluster FR/7891 but declared unusable to the Imperium which saw it being marked as such on the charts whereupon it was discovered by [[Ork]]s.{{Fn|2}}

*[[Webway Gate]]

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]], pg. 131

*{{Endn|2}}: ''[[Children of the Emperor (Short Story)]]'' by [[Barrington J. Bayley]]