Ritual of Astro-Navigation
The Ritual of Astro-Navigation is a rite that can be conducted by Navigators that is used to decipher the coordinates needed in order to engage in warp travel to that location. Typically, this is done so when individuals experience a vision or receive information about the coordinates of a place but are unaware of how to reach it. A solution is to gather a ship's Navigator who guides in a group trance of those that experienced such an event in order to decipher the information from the tangled strands of memory of those who have the information.[1]
This is an essential process in locating the coordinates for a site but is a risky as well as dangerous act to conduct. Part of the ritual involves gathering the chosen individuals to the astrographics orrery that is used by the Navigator to plot courses through the warp. When gathered, these individuals are asked by the Navigator to join him on a journey through their perception of the warp. If successful, a Navigator will be able to determine not only the coordinates on the astrographics archives of the destination that they seek but also the duration of such a journey.[1]
Sources
- 1: Rogue Trader: Lure of the Expanse, pg. 31
