Force ships to use warp

Question

Is there any way to force a ship to use its warp drive to get to a location, instead of using the normal routes? There's an enemy system I'd like to scan without losing my ship, but I can't get it close enough without actually trying to go to the system. If I route my ship to a nearby system, the path always goes through the enemy system even though that means certain death.

Answer 1

Once you've unlocked the proper technology (Atmospheric Filtration in the standard tech tree), you can order your ships to move directly to a planet with Ctrl. Hold it down while ordering the movement, and your ships will (slowly!) make a beeline for the system in question.