Automatic activation or keybind for supercruise assist

The new Supercruise Assist module is quite comfy, but it requires a bit of a roundabout method for activation - having to open the nav panel and look for the right destination on that long list can get a bit tedious when you have to do it every time. It also feels a bit redundant, when you've had the destination already selected when entering the system, but have to open the nav panel again anyway to activated the Supercruise Assist.

Suggestion - Supercruise Assist should activate automatically when destination is selected and speed is set to blue. Player can take control from computer anytime by changing speed, so it would work just like the docking computer. The beeping that happens when computer asks you to set speed to blue would have to be removed though, it would get annoying when the player isn't using supercruise assist.
Alternative to automatic activation would be an optional keybind that can activate supercruise when destination is selected. The same keybind could also be used to toggle docking computer if the player wants to dock by himself without having to listen to the docking computer beeping. There won't be a conflict by giving a single keybind those 2 functions, because on supercruise it can turn supercruise assist on/off and while near a port(not in supercruise), it can turn docking computer on/off.
 
Maybe give the supercruise assist three settings in the autopilot section.
Automatic (as you've described, initialises when you're facing the target and at blue throttle)
Manual (The way it currently works)
Off (No Supercruise assist)


It would also be great if the supercruise assist killed the throttle once you exit supercruise. I've had more than one ocassion when I've given a starport a loving hull-to-hull smooch because I didn't notice a long journey had finished.
 
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