Bombshell Genius
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
One can set waypoints in travel and, if it can be safely used, a ship equipped with the Otherpilot navicomputer can make non-linear travel in both Otherspace and hyperspace, reducing the number of jumps required. The Otherspace navicomputer relies on Otherspace charts, which have no correlation to standard navigational charts. Of course, such capability comes with the need to toggle between hyperspace and Otherspace.
Strengths:
The Otherpilot navivcomputer's main bells and whistles are the waypoints ability and the ability to store Otherspace navigational charts, but requires a skilled navigator to make full use of, due to the use of the waypoints feature, and also the hazards that occur when one confuses hyperspace and Otherspace modes. Used properly, the Otherpilot allows someone to reduce the number of jumps required, allowing someone to make long-haul travel faster (within the limits of one's fuel tank and hyperdrive rating) by cutting down on the need to retrieve routing data. As a result of holding so many navigational charts, for both hyperspace and Otherspace, an extended memory bank is built into the navicomputer. However, the use of the waypoints feature is constrained by four practical considerations, which are grounded in topology (as is the case when using Instinctive Astrogation Control) and exist for safety reasons:
- Intent: To provide a navicomputer for use in Otherspace
- Image Source: N/A
- Canon Link: Otherspace
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: Ric Olie-type Astrogational Guidance System (AGS) Navicomputer
- Manufacturer: Ringovinda Systems, Royal Naboo Shipwrights
- Model: Otherpilot navicomputer
- Affiliation: Selected customers (Closed-market)
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Material: Electronics
- Waypoint setting
- Otherspace navigational databases
- Hyperspace/Otherspace modes
One can set waypoints in travel and, if it can be safely used, a ship equipped with the Otherpilot navicomputer can make non-linear travel in both Otherspace and hyperspace, reducing the number of jumps required. The Otherspace navicomputer relies on Otherspace charts, which have no correlation to standard navigational charts. Of course, such capability comes with the need to toggle between hyperspace and Otherspace.
Strengths:
- Allows one to take non-linear flight paths in hyperspace and Otherspace
- Compatible with all common hyperdrives and Otherdrives
- Automatically updates navigational charts as they are released (both hyperspace and Otherspace)
- Requires a considerable amount of navigational skill to make full use of its capabilities
- Requires a working knowledge of Otherspace to safely use
The Otherpilot navivcomputer's main bells and whistles are the waypoints ability and the ability to store Otherspace navigational charts, but requires a skilled navigator to make full use of, due to the use of the waypoints feature, and also the hazards that occur when one confuses hyperspace and Otherspace modes. Used properly, the Otherpilot allows someone to reduce the number of jumps required, allowing someone to make long-haul travel faster (within the limits of one's fuel tank and hyperdrive rating) by cutting down on the need to retrieve routing data. As a result of holding so many navigational charts, for both hyperspace and Otherspace, an extended memory bank is built into the navicomputer. However, the use of the waypoints feature is constrained by four practical considerations, which are grounded in topology (as is the case when using Instinctive Astrogation Control) and exist for safety reasons:
- A minimum distance to mass shadows (different in realspace and Otherspace) must be respected
- A maximum curvature is allowed (trajectories that bend too much for a given speed; however slower speeds are cut more slack)
- Hyperspace lanes must be followed
- If the curvature cannot be calculated at a given point, one must revert to realspace at that point
