warp gate explodes during construction?

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    this has happened 4 or 5 times now. ill have the 2d loop built and ill be in the process of adding enough power reactors to satisfy the power requirements of the gate. then for no reason the whole gate will explode. the only gate ive been able to build without this happening was a small one, like a simple 6x10 square. if I try to make one bigger, like 15x15, it blows up in my face while im placing power reactors.
     
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    are you sure you were placing power reactors..and not disintegrator explosives? :P
    this is the first time i hear about warpgates exploding
     
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    are you building with a pirate alpha station in close proximity? some master builders and the other guy found it funny to add a pretty strong nuke to it
     
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    hmm that's interesting lol. i have never experienced this, but i think it would be cool if the warp gate got too much power it overloads or something. if you are playing with collision damage - it can easily break your gate. other than that i don't know xD
     
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    Missiles don't show up if they're from another sector, that could be it. Still doesn't sound like it really, though. Strange.
     
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    thanks for the replies guys. I found there is a beta station not far and another one called "prate 2488" (that's really how its spelled) that I think a player made to be insanely overpowered. I don't know how explosives can do that much though, I once built a ship with a long stick and 1000 warheads in a 10x10x10 box and rammed it into pirate station beta and there wasn't a scratch on the station.
     
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    thanks for the replies guys. I found there is a beta station not far and another one called "prate 2488" (that's really how its spelled) that I think a player made to be insanely overpowered. I don't know how explosives can do that much though, I once built a ship with a long stick and 1000 warheads in a 10x10x10 box and rammed it into pirate station beta and there wasn't a scratch on the station.
    I know there is a station that fires dumb rockets, it's probably beta and they would be a menace if you are trying to build a station nearby.