Sending a fleet with survey capability to an unexplored system allows you to conduct a detailed survey, revealing hidden resources and anomalies.
Anomalies & Exploration
After surveying, fleets can explore discovered anomalies. Anomalies can be precursors ruins, derelict vessels, biological phenomena, or spatial anomalies. Exploring these provides significant rewards.
Interactive Choices & Risks
Some anomalies require your direct intervention. You may be presented with multiple ways to approach the discovery, each with different risks and rewards. Risky approaches might yield massive technological breakthroughs, but could cost you a scout ship.
Tech Boosts
Anomaly exploration often rewards you with Tech Boosts, providing an immediate 20% progress leap in a specific unresearched technology, or in rare cases, unlocking a technology entirely.