Hi,

I think the jump line between 2 system represents the shortest road between those systems at FtL speed but any ship outside the gravitational well and with a clear line to the destination system should be able to initiate a jump too.

Ships are not clever when they transit between 3 or more system



In this image yellow + red optimum path / purple + blue worst path

In addition, i think it would be great to be able to put ships in hyper space patrol duty.
Those ships would by circling around system at FtL speed just outside gravitational well limit and react more quickly to any incursion.