so
salvage has an issue with getting to and from the station
generally if you jump in the same direction as the magnet you end up at the pulled in wreck but not everyone knows that
salvage also apparently needs a mass scanner to know where the wreck spawned
so, my idea: station navigator pda app, replaces the current gps app, but still includes the gps functionality
while installed (and potentially also in pda slot) will show an arrow around the edge of the screen with a label (either salvage/station or wreck/asteroid based on what was pulled in) and distance.
idea would be to make it easier for salvage to jump to and from the station without needing actual scanners. ideally scanners would still have a use, identifying other space wrecks or the vgroid potentially, and hopefully reduce reliance on jetpacks and make it easier to use fire extinguishers as a form of traversal
There where talks of merging mass scanners and GPS iirc.
Even for salvager PDA.
they literally just need to note down the station coordinates before flinging themselves into space
Salvage already has Mass Scanner computers to check where wrecks/asteroids/debris spawn in relative to them. Navigating to and from Magnet pulls is very easy with just the PDA GPS and Fire Extinguishers. Learning how to use these tools is part of the experience and imo does not need to be simplified.