[rdouglass]

I don't think Sat's or mines give you sensors in the system (unless you outfit them I think). I believe that was a significant change from SE3 to 4. In SE3, if you had mines (no sat's in SE3) in a system, you could see everything (except of course anything in a storm). I suspect you got the First Contact message 'cause the other player / AI saw your Sat. At least that's the way my full Version plays...

[This message has been edited by rdouglass (edited 20 November 2000).]