Exploration can be used as a Standing Order - XEXPL. The information below also pertains to this Standing Order.
The Exploration order sends personnel to investigate anything unusual that might be found on a world. Your exploration teams use all available equipment from their Fleet to discover whatever they can. Most of the time they work on the planetary surface but occasionally they might find something in orbit. If anything interesting has already been found on the world, your explorers might investigate it further instead of searching for something new. The presence of Explorer type Legendary Characters along with the finest possible exploration gear aids in the success of this mission.
Game Note: Exploration teams will occasionally find items such as resources (Iron, etc), production goods (Electronics, etc.) and even shipboard equipment (weapons, engines, etc. – including items more advanced than those you are capable of building at present). If your fleet has the available cargo space to handle them, the items will be recovered and loaded aboard the fleet. If the fleet does not have sufficient cargo space available, the item(s) are lost. Accordingly, save yourself some heartache and make sure your fleets engaged in Exploration have some cargo space available to haul away anything that may stumble across.
Requires 1 Action Pt to execute.
EXPL, Fleet #
Fleet #: The Fleet # where your explorers are based.
EXPL, 12
Exploration teams from Fleet # 12 scour the surface of whatever planet Fleet # 12 is currently orbiting. This order will fail if Fleet # 12 is located at a Warp Point instead of over a planet or moon. Asteroid Fields are considered planets for this purpose and can be explored.
Content contributed by Raven Zachary from the SuperNova: Rise of the Empire Orders Supplement by Rolling Thunder Games