Astrogation

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    Kaliida Nebula Malevolence-Shadow of Malevolence
    A map displayed on the bridge of the Malevolence, showing the flagship's path as it circumnavigates the Kaliida Nebula
    "Very interesting, as an astrogation problem."
    Kh'ymm[1]

    Astrogation was the science of safely and reliably traversing space in a starship.[2] Throughout galactic history,[3] cartographers[4] and scouts[5] traveled between star systems in search of more reliable and safer hyperspace routes free of dangerous obstacles, advancing the science of astrogation. Traveling through hyperspace required a navigation computer[3] to make precise calculations in order to follow these lanes and avoid crashing into "mass shadows," the gravitational wells surrounding massive celestial bodies such as planets.[6] Often, ships had to navigate by way of hyperspace buoys[3] or stop at waypoints to calculate another hyperspace vector.[7]

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