Ships defending hypergates instead of using them in Galactic Civilization III

• I have two hypergates linked.
• With a ship selected I right-click a hypergate.
• The ship is defending the hypergate instead of using it.

How do I tell the ships to use the hypergates instead of sitting there like a dunce defending them?

Solution 1:

As it turns out you either need to right-click on the end-point hypergate or you can right-click in an area near the hypergate lane. Ships will partially use lanes if the AI decides the pathing is parallel enough. Additionally you can connect the same hypergate to multiple other hypergates. The game is vague about these details though it all works.

If you have ships defending a hypergate (world, etc) you will see a small green shield near the object in question.