Control
Piloting
Piloting noun - The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place.
Control and piloting are semantically related in direct topic. You can use "Control" instead a verb "Piloting", if it concerns topics such as administer, rule, guide, take to the air.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Harakawa and Heo work together in battle with Harakawa piloting the mechanical dragon Thunder Fellow and Heo synchronizing her mind and senses with it to control the machine's limiters.
- Then his TARDIS travel was restored and he was given direct control over it, though his actual piloting skills remained terrible and he often ended up in the wrong place.
Source: Yoyo Plot Point -
Bridge Commander does allow you to take direct control over the ship and treat it like a fighter, especially if you're piloting a Bird-of-Prey (they only have forward-firing weapons).
Source: Standard Starship Scuffle
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