>>5202942Mostly I just ponder even if the Lucius system does not have any navigators or astropaths, are we aware they existed historically?
The Federation relied upon Warp Travel, and long range warp travel necessitates navigators and astropaths so they would have been as prevalent and a part of space flight as any other crew from pilot to engineer. Indeed, if all our ships are STC compliant, they should all have a navigator room that is likely unoccupied and an astropaths chambers too. They were an immutable part of the human story of space expansion.
I mention it before but it feels a bit like our current method of travel, hopping from planet to planet, is in essence just hammering the "Emergency Warp" button without proper navigators to chart a long path.