Order Explore
The command to explore orders the fleet to send troops on a mission to find valuable scientific information and interesting objects in a celestial body. The celestial bodies that can be explored are the planemo and the asteroid field. If the mission has been successful, the fleet will have obtained interesting scientific information that will be transmitted to the Universal Knowledge Base on Mars. Therefore, the faction will be rewarded with points of prestige.
The reward of points of prestige depends on each type of celestial body. The rarer ones provide more valuable data and have greater rewards than ordinary stars.
The amount of prestige that can be gained by exploring a star is limited. The number of explorations that have taken place on a planet is visible to everyone, but does not indicate whether it has been fully explored.
Mechanics of exploration
All the explode stars have a number of prestige points that are obtained as a reward for exploring 100% of the planet. However, during an exploration it is not known if it has investigated "everything" the planet. The percentage of exploration, and therefore the reward in points of prestige, is determined by three factors:
- Ability to scan troops.
- Exploration level indicated during the mission.
- Luck.
It is also possible to find hidden treasures . A deeper level of exploration can reveal more hidden treasures.
Exploration type
There are three levels of exploration. Each level increases its depth and risk, but also the amount of the star that is explored. The more you explore a star, the greater the chance of finding something valuable as a hidden treasure. The risks of the explorations are varied, but include the loss of troops or even being ambushed by pirates.
| kind | bonus | Difficulty! description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Careful | -50% | Low | The exploration team will move with all possible precautions. This will make you proceed slowly but minimizing the risks. |
| Normal | 0% | Average | Perform an exploration of the star in a normal way. We will proceed with caution, but trying to keep the exploration at a good pace. |
| Risky | + 50% | High | The exploration will be carried out in the fastest possible way, investigating each crack and taking more risks in favor of a greater speed of exploration. |
Potential hazards
Some stars are dangerous. There are planets with corrosive atmospheres, with unstable soils or high radiation. This danger is determined by the environment of the star. A mission can be aborted if planetary conditions are unfavorable or some accident happens.
Each type of mission has a duration. The longer the mission, the greater the risk that our presence has not gone unnoticed, and increase the chances of being ambushed by the pirates. The level of system pirated activity increases the risk. The ambush may be against the troop group, the fleet, or both.