Navigation Assistance

Yo, Commander! EliteIntel (EI) is your trusty Sidekick for getting around the galaxy in Elite Dangerous. Need to hit specific coords on a planet or plot a long haul for your Fleet Carrier? EI’s got your back with some sweet, ToS-compliant tricks to make your travels less of a headache. Let’s dive into how EI helps you zip to galactic X, Y, Z coords or nail those lat/long spots on a rock, plus some exobiology goodies.

Fleet Carrier Road Trips

So, you wanna take your Fleet Carrier on a galactic joyride? Full-on autopilot route plotting is a no-go-ToS says nope to memory hacks and macros. But EI’s got a slick workaround using Spansh to plan your jumps without breaking the rules. Here’s the deal:

1. Pop Open the Galaxy Map: Any map works, doesn’t have to be the fancy Fleet Carrier one.
2. Pick Your Target Star: Find your destination system, hit that “Copy Name” button (last one on the right in the Galaxy Map UI). Boom, star name’s on your clipboard, like you just Ctrl+C’d it.
3. Let EI Do the Heavy Lifting: Say, “Calculate Fleet Carrier Route.” EI grabs that star name, checks your carrier’s current spot, and pings Spansh to whip up a route. It’s saved in your EI session, ready to roll.

Heads-Up: Spansh’s database isn’t perfect. If it doesn’t know your carrier’s current system, EI’ll pick the closest star within jump range to kick things off. If your destination’s not in Spansh, you might need to poke around for a nearby system it does know. Trial and error, my friend.

Making Those Jumps

Got your route? Here’s how to cruise:

1. Fire Up the Fleet Carrier Map: Open the Galaxy Map from your carrier’s menu and click the top text field.
2. Get the Next Stop: Say, “Enter next Fleet Carrier destination.” EI pastes the next system’s name for you.
3. Jump!: Schedule the jump in-game. Rinse and repeat for each leg of the trip.

Why the manual map-opening? The Fleet Carrier map’s buried in menus-on-foot, carrier panel, ship info tab, you name it. EI’s ToS-compliant, so it can’t auto-open that stuff (no memory reading here). You gotta do the clicky-clicky, but EI handles the rest.

Planet-Hopping to Lat/Long

Need to hit a specific spot on a planet or moon, like some juicy material coords or a bio sample your buddy shared on Matrix? No nav marker? No prob. Overlays are ToS-banned, but EI’s voice guidance is your wingman. Here’s how to nail it:

1. Start the Trek: Tell EI, “Navigate to latitude 41.4325 longitude -75.2309” (or whatever coords you got). It’ll talk you down from orbit to dirt.
2. Orbit Cruising: Keep your ship at a chill medium speed in supercruise. EI’s text-to-speech has a tiny lag, so don’t zip too fast or you’ll miss the turn. Too slow, though, and you might drop out early. Dark side of the planet? That’s a proper pilot’s challenge-fly by instruments and feel like a boss.
3. Glide Time: When you’re ~400 km out, EI’ll toss in glide angle updates, like “Steep glide angle, -40 degrees.” Your call to glide or swing around for a better angle-EI’s just the navigator, you’re the hotshot pilot.
4. On the Ground: Post-glide, EI guides you to within 1,000 meters of the spot, then says, “Find a parking spot.” Landed? EI keeps directing in your SRV or on foot ‘til you’re 50 meters from the target.
5. Bail Anytime: Wanna stop? Just say, “Cancel navigation.” EI’s AI gets you, no need for exact words.

Pro Tip: If you’re a crack pilot, you’ll stick the landing first try. If not, no sweat-practice makes lethal.

Exobiology Shenanigans

Chasing bio samples like Fungoida in some gnarly mountain range? EI’s got a game plan so you don’t end up lost with no landing zone. Here’s how to bag those samples:

1. Tag ‘Em: Fly low and slow over the terrain, spot those bio colonies (like that sneaky Fungoida). Get super close and zap it with your Composition Analyzer for a Codex Entry. This logs your ship’s coords in EI (so stay tight to the sample) and might score you 50k credits. Keep tagging all the species you spot.
2. Park It: Find a landing spot, ideally within 2 km (fingers crossed). No luck? You’re in for an SRV road trip, but EI’s got you.
3. Hunt ‘Em Down: Say, “Navigate to nearest codex entry” or “Navigate to next bio sample.” EI takes you to the closest tagged spot. Scan a sample (say, Frutexa), and EI knows you’re hunting that type. Next time you say “Navigate to next bio sample,” it’ll stick to Frutexa if you tagged more.
4. Keep Going: Repeat ‘til you’ve bagged all your scans. EI’s voice keeps you on track, even if you’re SRV-ing across half the planet.

Heads-Up: EI uses the coords from your Codex tags, so get cozy with the samples when you scan. More tags = more options for EI to guide you.

Pilot’s Survival Guide

• Talk Like a Human: EI’s smart enough to get your vibe, so just chat naturally-no need for robotic commands.
• ToS-Safe: EI steers clear of shady stuff like overlays or memory hacks. All legit, all the time.
• Dark Side Flex: Navigating a planet’s dark side? That’s your chance to shine as an instrument-flying legend.
• Spansh Quirks: If Spansh doesn’t know your system, try nearby stars to get your route rolling.

With EI in your corner, you’re ready to conquer the galaxy or nail that perfect planetary landing. Fly safe and have fun out there, Commander!

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