Ok my game tells me i am one item short of all of them on my digi-beetle, and it is the power pilot. my questions are:- what is it? How do you get it? and what does it do?

There is no power pilot as far as I know. If you are talking about the missing digi-beetle part you can forget about getting it because it does not exist. Long ago I read (in this forum) that there was some part there but they removed in the process of making the game (probably after they did some testing). It's not 100% true, so there is always a chance!

it talks about it in the official guide, but not where to get it

I spent months trying to figure out this. Power Pilot is actually an item taken out of the game during the english dub of the game. However, there is a gameshark code that can place it in your digi-beetle. It replaces Auto pilot just like power radar replaces radar and its the only way to have it. 3005e66e 0074. Hope this helps you.

I know this is very late, but hopefully it'll help someone who is still enjoying this very nostalgic game.

Power Pilot does indeed replace Auto Pilot, but in the Digi-Beetle devices section it will replace Radar which is device 5. But after I tested it out it seems the Radar is still working fine.

Radar and Power Radar are what allow you to see whats in the Domain to navigate. As in, the area around the Digi-Beetle within the line of sight.

Map Radar is the transparent blue super-imposed map on the screen in a Domain.

My theory on Power Pilot:
Since Power Radar enhances Radar so it can operate even in the heavy interference of Giga Domain (I believe), which caused Radar to malfunction, then Power Pilot could have probably be an upgrade for Auto-Pilot so it doesn't bust if you ran out of EP.

Any ideas?

I'll be subscribing to this thread for as long as its here. Feel free to contact me here if you have any ideas or just a very hard core fan of this game like me. Emphasis on very.