Yep. Stellar Manipulation is the Very first thing that happens, IIRC... So giving the order to open a warp point and giving a move order to the target system will allow the ships to enter the warp point. I think you already have to know an alternate route to the target system though for that to work. Otherwise you can't give your ships orders to enter the target system. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong on that one.
Also, it is possible to delay Stellar manipulation by giving the Stellar Man. ship a movement order BEFORE the Stellar manipulation order. The caveat there is that if the order is to close a WP or destroy a certain Stellar object, you have to already be sitting on the target object to give the order. It doesn't have to be the exact target, just the same type. For instance, you can be sitting on a WP, give it a move order to a second WP and the close WP order. The ship will then move to the target WP and close it.
Am I fully correct on this? I'm sure someone will confirm or correct me shortly.
