#After arriving in system - flew to planet - then flew back to / INSIDE entry star

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surreal saffron
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System (HIP 73184) has an ELW - I think I just tried manually flying with the NUMPAD controls (Cmdr Ninjahat also points out that some people (ex laptops) don't have NUMPADS - so 'traditional' WASD+ Q/E keybinds and / or remapping would make sense) and when I then went to Science / Scanning desk to plot to the likely ELW I had seen in the long range scanner from system previous - I selected the ELW in the Scanner Window - clicked "Send to Helm" (NAV)? [I'll check and correct] - and then went back to Pilot seat - and used the set target - and engaged auto pilot and FTL...Promptly flew directly into star (as shown in image - there is a faint latticework that represents the stars' surface)

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simple charm
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We don't have collisions in game yet, so you fly through everything 🙂

surreal saffron
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Right - but I flew to - decelerated - and stopped inside center of star...."controlled flight"

But am now not sure if I had clicked 'Scan" or 'Send to Helm' ....

So I was already in system - the main star would still have been 'active' as target from my prior interstellar navigation - and I took control manually to try the NUMPAD flight controls...

So then I selected the ELW from the Science / Scanning console - but did not send to helm - when I requested from Pilot console 'Use Snsr Target' - "logically" it flew me right to my desired location....

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So the logical fix would be something like:

    THEN helmTarget = SetToNull (Clear)
simple charm
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@proven arrow

surreal saffron
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Tried to repeat (in same system) - and when I target the star (Sci/Sen Console) from the Stellar Region map - then 'Send to Helm' - when I go to the Pilot Console and 'Use Snsr Target' - it takes me to the star - but stops short / in the anticipated 'orbit' - so that works properly...

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Tried on next system - not able to repeat...Maybe I need I need to enter a 'minor body' SOI first? On to Next system....

terse flower
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Not the first person who ended up inside a star

proven arrow
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Sounds like this was definitely a bug. The autopilot chooses its approach distance based on the star class, so it might have got itself confused.

surreal saffron
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And to be clear: it was NOT the "initial arrival" in system....I arrived - messed around with manual flight controls / may/may not have targeted a planet - but I don't think I pressed "Send to Helm" for a planet ....

...So now that I think a bit - I remember being "in" the star - and yet the planet was still designated (sensor target)...

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Well scratch that...I have now "arrived"...in a star....

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simple charm
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Yep. I think most people have been in a star 😄

surreal saffron
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Hmm- it still shows me nearly 1,000,000 km from the destination...Could that be an "offset" issue?

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Ok folks hang on to your hats....I flew to the 'Sensor Target' (should be the star, right?).....Except now there is NO STAR?!?!? 🤣 Let me video this....

simple charm
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Keep flying, it should 'pop' into existence 😄

surreal saffron
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Ok - I just left my ship there - let me try that - I am not sure which direction I flew in from (hence my suggestion for 'Star Trails" - so I could see my last system (or travel logs at least) - but I'll keep the marker in the background - and see at what distance the 'bulb goes off'...

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Yaaay! It's back 😆

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