astrogation
Noun
Meaning
astrogation (uncountable)
(science fiction) Astronavigation (navigation through space).
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With his father dead and his stepmother remarrying a man he detests, Max runs away from home, taking his uncle's astrogation manuals.
Max must not only pilot the ship; he must supply the missing astrogation tables from his eidetic memory.
To make matters worse, Simes hid or destroyed the astrogation manuals.
When Hendrix dies, the astrogation department is left dangerously shorthanded.
When, through Ellie's machinations, the ship's officers discover that Max had learned astrogation from his uncle, Max is promoted to the command deck.