One of the members of my group and I have had a debate about the Seek power, and I'm curious if anyone can shed some light on it.
The fluff aspect states that the Seek power is used to find things that are lost or hiding, and that distance and time have no meaning. This is even mentioned in the tree for the power itself states that "The Force user allows the will of the force to lead the way to something lost or forgotten."
The mechanical power sadly doesn't mesh with this. As written, the power only allows you to find things that you've previously encountered, which means that using the Force to guide you to a lost planet, finding a relic, or even doing a rescue mission for someone missing is a moot point.
My player was arguing that last part. The party has holographic images of the person they are trying to find and small clues and people to speak to about him. The player argues that having the image counts as "encountering" the person or object, and they can therefore use Seek to find them.
This feels like a stretch but still feels somewhat fitting for what a Jedi Seeker (or even a Gand Findsman!) should be able to do.
Does anyone have input on this, or know if there's an official ruling somewhere?