Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

If I research scanners high enough, will there be some tech that lets me scan an enemy planet to see what facilities, cargo, etc it has? Is there any tech that will allow this?

SpaceBadger

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

No. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif The only way I am aware of is to sent ship/drone/fighter on a suicide mision before commiting my fleets.

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

It is apparently too diffiuclt for ships to scan massive continent-sized facilities and ground fores on a planet in the SE universe. Hopefully this oversight will be fixed in SE5...

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">USA had dozens of the most sophisticated spy satellites over Irag for years and still could not get a grain of truth.
There should be no surprise you can not scan alien planets http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

There is an intel project that tells you what's on a planet... I think it's called "Covert Recon".

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

Those sensors on Star Trek can do all sorts of amazing things like pinpoint one Vulcan from an entire planet of humans, locate a small piece of platinum on a continent, and so on. It should be easy to scan for something as big as a facility.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">But even smallest "ionic storm" makes them useless http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

and it's kinda strange that they do, since they do have cloaked scanning ability. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This only works in human-controlled tactical combat, right?

PvK

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This only works in human-controlled tactical combat, right?

PvK</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sending a suicide fighter and then using the Combat Replay should be working I suppose. (Perhaps not with a drone though, as you cannot control them)

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This only works in human-controlled tactical combat, right?

PvK</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sending a suicide fighter and then using the Combat Replay should be working I suppose. (Perhaps not with a drone though, as you cannot control them)</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You shouldn't see Facilities, just cargo.

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

Ya, I know you can see cargo in the replay, but as far as I've seen there's no way to see the facilities, except maybe in the simulator (or human-controlled tactical mode?).

PvK

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

You see the same things in tactical as you do in the strategic replay, except for the orders to issue and all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

Oh, forgive my silliness, I didn't read you were also speaking of facilities. Then you cannot except with an Intel project, or kindly asking its owner to tell you what facilities there are. (If the owner is human that is. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif )

Re: Can I scan an enemy planet?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What? No brothels down there ? We'll have to glass you then ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif