Exploration & Surveying
Scanning, Mapping & Deep-Space Data Value
Discovery Scanner, FSS & DSS
System Honk, Signal Resolve & Surface Mapping
The normal exploration workflow: reveal the system, resolve bodies through the FSS, then map selected worlds with the DSS.
High-Value Worlds
ELWs, Water Worlds, Ammonia Worlds & Terraformables
How to recognise the bodies explorers care about most, and why terraformability often matters as much as body class.
Surface Mapping Efficiency
Probe Radius, Efficiency Bonuses & Body Geometry
Why probe placement matters, how efficiency targets shape a mapping run, and how body size changes the feel of DSS work.
First Discovered / First Mapped
Commander Tags, Data Sale & Survey Credit
What discovery and mapping tags mean, how they are earned, and why selling data is the moment that matters.
Neutron Highway
FSD Supercharging, Risks & Routing
How neutron-star boosting extends travel range, why it is risky, and how explorers use boosted routing across deep space.
Exploration Data Value
Payout Drivers, Bonuses & Survey Priority
What determines exploration payouts and how commanders decide whether a body is worth scanning, mapping, or skipping.
This module treats exploration as an operational workflow: scan the system, identify value, map the right bodies, protect the data, and return it safely.
It connects directly to ED:CS system and body data because the same signals that guide commanders also power filters, route context, and high-value survey summaries.