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FTL Scout Probe - LEGACY

Currently Beta/WIP - Legacy Version for 1.9.* and somewhat earlier

Adds FTL-capable scout probes, buildable from game start. Simply go into the ship designer and design a probe. They're simple reconaissance and information-gathering devices that can be attached to fleets or deployed independently in order to seek out new life and identify possible worlds for survey.

Probes cannot survey worlds by themselves and are unarmed, but have enhanced sensor ranges and exceptional speed. They are exceptionally cheap and very quick to build, allowing a fledging empire to quickly document its surrounding stars and scout out potential threats before losing science ships to strange spaceborne lifeforms.

Once you're done exploring, they can be used to track and monitor the fleets of other factions, and act as an early warning system, all for a fraction of the cost of a Sentry Array. Gather information on their fleet composition and weapon preferences, and adapt accordingly, then identify weak points and production hubs to raid or capture.

Credits:
* Probe assets (models, textures, sounds, etc.) were created by Paradox for the Sublight Probes event chain.

A seperate edition for 2.0.* and beyond can be found here: http://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1310366667

Looking for 2.2+? Go here: https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1587065869