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Sextant Navigation Services / SEXNAV
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Sextant Navigation Services is dedicated to the discovery, establishment, and verification of navigational aids to assist pilots in navigating to points of interest on celestial bodies. We provide the information necessary to reach your destination!
History
Just as the ship captains and pilots of old had to navigate their way across the vast oceans and skies of Earth, today’s pilots face challenges of finding points of interests across the ‘verse. While the UEE has established the Department of Transportation and Navigation (DTN) to install and maintain the quantum beacons that allow safe travel through a star system, they do not help with many of the challenges in locating and landing safely in poor visibility due to inclement weather, night time approaches, obstructing terrain, or other issues that might make it difficult to find a specific location. Sextant Navigation Systems is a civilian organization that was created to aid pilots in overcoming these challenges.
Founded in 2951, the organization was started by Zevon Tryxx after a surviving a disastrous crash on microTech attempting to land at night during a blizzard. He had been hired to deliver a package and was unfamiliar with the outpost. While the outpost provided a quantum travel beacon to assist in navigating while in orbit around the planet, there were no records of the approach vectors, bearings, or altitude. Approaching with landing lights on, he approached the outpost, but soon had to turn off the lights as the blizzard reflected the light back, blinding Tryxx. By then it was too late, and strong winds, along with the unfamiliarity with the area, caused Tryxx to fail to pull up in time and crash into the forest just outside the perimeter of the outpost.
Tryxx made it his mission to ensure that other pilots would not experience these issues. He set out with his Anvil Pisces on the planet microTech, starting at Port Tressler and journeying to each known point of interest on the planet. Approach vectors, altitudes, and return bearings to the closest orbital markers were calculated and recorded for each location. From there, Tryxx reached out to the UEE and chartered Sextant Navigation Services (SEXNAV), ensuring that others could join in the efforts of the organization and continue recording and reporting navigational information for others.
Manifesto
Sextant Navigation Systems is a civilian organization that works closely with the UEE’s Department of Transportation and Navigation (DTN). While the DTN is responsible for maintaining the quantum beacon systems in UEE space, they leave local navigational services to each respective region. That’s where SEXNAV steps in. Using common instrumentation aboard ships capable of making landings on celestial bodies (to include asteroids, planetoids, moons, and planets), members of SEXNAV seek to develop, record, and confirm Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) data for points of interests.
Our mission is to aid pilots in safely and efficiently navigating to locations with the information provided, regardless of weather, geographical challenges, lack of visual queues, or other challenges to a safe arrival and landing. This includes generating and maintaining Notices To Civilian Aerospace Pilots (NOTCAPs) for restricted areas due to military, security, or criminal presence. We strive to continuously maintain and update our database of navigational information with each member responsible for their local region or sector. We expect the highest level of professionalism from our members as our databases provide information that other pilots depend on to land in less than ideal circumstances, possibly saving lives from errors in visual flight models.
Charter
- - Provide true and accurate navigational data to the organization for recording and distributing as the organization sees fit
- - Conduct oneself in a professional matter when dealing with other Navigators and/or representing the organization
- - Conduct reviews of other Navigators data in a courteous and professional manner
- - Come to the aid of other Navigators whenever possible in performance of their duties
While not required, SEXNAV encourages the use of the Anvil C8 Pisces platform for all navigational activities. This platform has been found to be able to land at virtually all sites and use facilities at most locations. It is the benchmark by which we calculate and establish the baseline for all navigational data. Other craft may be used once approved by the organization and the appropriate deviations calibrated by the Navigator.
We understand that there may be instances where a Navigator will run afoul of authorities accidently in the performance of their duties and may incur criminal charges. In such cases, the Navigator is responsible for clearing any criminal charges before resuming their duties.
There may be points of interest that are dangerous for gathering data. Should the Navigator receive injuries or damage to one’s ship, other Navigators are encouraged to render aid and assistance whenever and wherever possible if they are in a position to do so. The organization is under no obligation to pay or reimburse the Navigator for any medical or repair expenses incurred in the performance of a Navigator’s duty unless previously agreed upon. In such cases, the amounts will be agreed upon beforehand by both parties and executed in good faith.
