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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Well the second ship could track them, that was explicitly stated.
However they mentioned that during the 6 minute refresh cycle they could get away without the empire ships noticing that their tracking was gone. This suggests that the empire ships must be within close range of the jump to hyperspace in order for the tracking to work but they didn't explain the exact nature of the tracking with any specifics. Which is exactly why I said they might include that in my response to the post I quoted.
Just to elaborate a bit here. They said that if they blew up the tracking ship then another ship would just start tracking them. But if they flew away while the tracking was disabled then presumably that means the warp signature would be lost and that means the link couldn't be re-established by the main ship or any other ship. So it probably is pretty much confirmed that proximity is necessary for the tracking to work.
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I'm wondering if that was the case, though. That's what they said in the movie, but the Wookieepedia entry on the
Supremacy seems to make it sound like it was only Snokes ship that had the processing power to hyperspace track:
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The Supremacy was able to track its targets through hyperspace using a combination of technological advances and brute-force data crunching. The Shipboard Tracking Control Complex boasted the data-shifting power of a planetary intel hub, linking its huge computer arrays to data banks loaded with centuries of combat reports and astrogation data. A static hyperspace field generated around the machines then accelerated their processing power to unheard-of levels. A target's last known trajectory yielded trillions of potential destinations, but the system could assess them with terrifying speed. This capability of tracking ships via hyperspace routes had its roots from the Tarkin Initiative.
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Supremacy