The path of the Malevolence as it moved around the Kaliida Nebula is visible on a map displayed on the bridge of the flagship.
Navigating the vastness of space reliably and without incident via a starship was achieved through the science of Astrogation. Throughout the history of the galaxy, the science of astrogation was improved by scouts and cartographers who journeyed between star systems to discover hyperspace routes that were both more dependable and safer, avoiding perilous obstacles. When traveling through hyperspace, a navigation computer was necessary to perform precise calculations. This ensured the lanes were followed correctly and collisions with "mass shadows," which are the gravitational fields surrounding large celestial objects like planets, were avoided. Frequently, ships had to use hyperspace buoys to navigate or make stops at waypoints in order to calculate a new hyperspace vector.
