Ask the Oracle

• Places: a galaxy by name, a direction (north, south-east, Alpha quadrant), the core or the rim, an exact distance ("7000 ly from the core", "500,000 ly from the edge of the galaxy", or "15000 ly from me" once you have set your position), a region or system name after "near", or your twelve portal glyphs written in hexadecimal.
• Traits: dominant race, economy, wealth, conflict, star colour, pirates, black hole, Atlas station, gas giant.
• Follow-ups: "more", "only Korvax", "no pirates", "any star", "new search".

No AI model behind this: the Oracle reads a fixed vocabulary and tells you every word it did not understand. Biomes, fauna and weather stay hidden, they are yours to discover on arrival.