User blog comment:Maslab/Starship Navigation/@comment-985312-20100726221640

You're right. Most of the time (in the books and games), the captain (or whoever's in charge of the ship) tells Cortana or some other A.I. to "plot us a course to Planet X" or something along those lines. You're guess is as good as anyone else's, and in this case it's backed up with some solid supporting facts.