Exploration

Ship Movement

Interplanetary Movement

Interplanetary jumps are always treated as 0.1 light years in distance; a ship may jump from one orbit to another within a system. Further data is listed under Hyper-Engines.

Interstellar Movement

Interstellar jumps may be made from any orbit, and end automatically in the eleventh orbit of the target system. The distances for interstellar jumps are given in the Star List. In the case of movement from one system to another within a binary system, the order is written as an interstellar jump, but the ship may move from any orbit in one system to any orbit in the other. In this case, the jump is treated as 0.2 light years in distance. Again, further data is listed under Hyper-Engines.

Probes

A probe is executed by sensors in either a ship or colony and gives the following information:

1. The number of ships orbiting a planet, their mass, and their I.D. No.'s.
2. The number of colonies orbiting a planet, their mass, and their I.D. No.'s.
3. The number of surface colonies on a planet, their mass, and their I.D. No.'s.
4. The number of natural resource deposits on a planet, their type, and approximate quantity of each deposit.
5. The habitability number of a planet.

A probe will give a report on any planet in the same system.

Surveys

Any ship or colony may conduct a survey of the planet it is located at. A survey reports the number of natural resource deposits, where they are located, their type, and the number of resource units in each deposit. A survey requires one transport and one professional unit; it is completed in one turn.