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Old September 15th, 2003, 03:06 PM

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Default 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?

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Old September 15th, 2003, 03:27 PM
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No. The only way I am aware of is to sent ship/drone/fighter on a suicide mision before commiting my fleets.
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Default 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...
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Old September 15th, 2003, 11:04 PM
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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
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...
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
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There is an intel project that tells you what's on a planet... I think it's called "Covert Recon".
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Old September 16th, 2003, 08:27 AM
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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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