Navigation

This skill requires specialization

Defaults: Special

Navigation/TL (IQ/Average) is the skill to find your position through careful observation of your surroundings and the use of instrumentation.

Requires specialization:

Sea; Defaults: Astronomy-5 or Seamanship-5.
Air; Default: Astronomy-5.
Land; Defaults: IQ-5, Cartography-4, or Mathematics (Surveying)-4.
Space; Defaults: Astronomy-4 or Mathematics (Applied)-4.
Hyperspace (also called “astrogation”); Defaults: Astronomy-4 or Mathematics (Applied)-4.

"Air, Land, and Sea default to one another at -2. Space and Hyperspace default to one another at -5. There are no defaults between these two groups."

Classic[]

Orienteering is a depreciated Classic skill that is now Navigation/TL (Land) in 4e.