Sounds about right. If not Fenspace, then some other Space Opera setting (Star Wars, TOS-era Star Trek, or the like.)
Alternately, it's not a gatesong, but rather YAFS, like "I Am a Pioneer" permitting superluminal speeds in space, but letting Doug take someone with him.
Alternately, it's not a gatesong, but rather YAFS, like "I Am a Pioneer" permitting superluminal speeds in space, but letting Doug take someone with him.