About Exploration.


  Exploration is how you find Planets and Starfalls.  To explore with a fleet,
it must have at least one explorer infinity. Under  Exploration from the
Main Menu,  You will find System Scan and Starfall scan, this will give you
an idea of good sites..  Exp Prob under the View Quadrants also gives
exploration data for specific hexes.  Once you have determined where
you want to explore, pick either System Exploration or Starfall Exploration
You will be prompted for the location, and the fleet to explore with.
Once these are selected the program will determine if the exploration
was succesful or not.




  Good exploration locations are determined by the exploration probability.
This consists of two numbers, the number of systems, and the number of hex's
the furthest planet is within. Planets greater than six hexes away are not
counted. A succesful exploration occurs with a random 1-6 roll.  If the
furthest planet minus the number of systems within is greater than the die
roll then then a system is found.


  Starfalls are similarly determined except that the Exp Prob for starfalls
do not affect planets, and vice versa.


  The effect of these constraints are that planets and starfalls can be easily
found in unpopulated areas but successive attempts at explorations in a
limited area become increasingly difficult. Strategically, because of
resource distribution and tech advancement considerations, it is best to
fill a given quadrant with the maximum number of planets possible.  These
oppposed effects often become pivotal forces in game development.


Note Each explorer in a given fleet gets one exploration, hence the more
explorers you have in a fleet the greater the chance of finding something.