Hi! my character is doing the HK-51 missions and must get to Taris to retrieve a part. Problem is, he left Taris long ago in the storyline and I can't find a way to get him back. On other planets I've left an undone Heroic mission so I can get back, but didn't think of that until after Taris. Is there another way to get around the map to get to a planet you don't have a mission for?

perhaps you should try your ship, as that is its main purpose

Excellent suggestion! I did not realize that the question was not succinct enough, so I will clarify: when I am in my ship and view the galaxy map, Taris is not available because I have no mission to Taris and the HK-51 mission does not have the Taris component show the planet. So, I'm in my ship - how do I get to Taris?

You will still be able to get to Taris even when you don't have any active quest there. Just look at the galaxy map, find Taris and travel there. If you haven't noticed yet, scrolling your mouse button zooms in on the sectors, allowing you to see the planets and other points of interest.

 

If you really can't find the planet on the map for some inexplicable reason, just pick up some Taris heroic on the fleet (combat training section) and travel there that way.

Edited January 3, 2018 by PanVlk

you don't have to have a mission at a certain planet to travel there. Go to your bridge and click on the galaxy map. Find Taris, click, then click travel. and if that doesn't work open your galaxy map Shift + M. again find taris, click, then travel. will have to zoom to see planet names

Thanks to both of you! I've been playing about 6 months and never saw the highlight of the areas on the galaxy map - the planets I had to travel to were always highlighted ... when I hover over a sector the planets are revealed. I just tried it - have to click the area for the planets to appear with names. You have helped tremendously!

Thanks to both of you! I've been playing about 6 months and never saw the highlight of the areas on the galaxy map - the planets I had to travel to were always highlighted ... when I hover over a sector the planets are revealed. I just tried it - have to click the area for the planets to appear with names. You have helped tremendously!

 

Another means of travelling to a planet and sometimes a better one, is to pick up a heroic from that planet from either the heroic terminal on Fleet or the Galactic Command menu, and using it's quick travel function.

 

The reason why that is sometimes better is because travelling to some planets manually sometimes puts you at the orbital station above the planet rather than on it. Using the heroic quick travel skips that step and puts you directly on the planet's surface. (Makeb and Ilum are two that spring to mind)

Edited January 3, 2018 by Aeneas_Falco

And the Heroic Quick Travel is free.

 

But sometimes, you actually have to use your ship, but those times there is a quest icon at the world in question.

Go to your bridge and click on the galaxy map.

You don't actually need to go to your ship. You can just use the Galaxy map drop down from the "menu" at the top of your UI.

Or just hit Shift+M.

You don't need to go to fleet or your ship. Use the activity finder and click on the Taris heroics, then click the Travel Now button. Free transport, and it'll put you at the spaceport (pub side) or Toxic Lake Garrison (imp side).

 

If you don't want to do the heroics, then just abandon the activity finder mission after traveling there.

Edited January 10, 2018 by PorsaLindahl

You don't need to go to fleet or your ship. Use the activity finder and click on the Taris heroics, then click the Travel Now button. Free transport, and it'll put you at the spaceport (pub side) or Toxic Lake Garrison (imp side).

 

If you don't want to do the heroics, then just abandon the activity finder mission after traveling there.

Does that work before level 70?

Does that work before level 70?

 

If you can pick up the heroics, then yes. Meaning you have to be the minimum level of the planet in question. It works for all but the starter planets.

If you can pick up the heroics, then yes. Meaning you have to be the minimum level of the planet in question. It works for all but the starter planets.

OK. I wasn't sure because it replaced (and is bound to the same key as) the GC panel which was 70s-only. Thanks.

OK. I wasn't sure because it replaced (and is bound to the same key as) the GC panel which was 70s-only. Thanks.

 

The activity finder? All available heroics & solo flashpoints are on the SOLO tab.

and yes steve, you can use that before lvl 70 now, which is nice. get more xp and credits now running the heroics on toons I'm lvling