Surveyors Fleet

Surveyor FLEET

Surveyor Ships

United Stars of the Galaxies - Science Council - Explorer Fleet -

Special Mission Fleet

HQ: Sares 2, Command: Admiral Sana (Detached)

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Special built Surveyor ships (part of the Explorer Fleet of the Science Council)

These large ships are built for long distance missions that can last five to ten years. The mission of these ships is the completion of the Galaxy Survey Project. Goal of this project is to catalog every star and object of the Milky Way Galaxy and have survey data of all suns, systems and other celestial objects such as nebulae, matter clouds, black holes, black objects etc.

Surveyor ships such as the USS Immothep shown are of the Marco Polo Class – 4500 meters with extensive surveying equipment, extended range engines and tanks, fuel refineries and self serviceable engines.

Well shielded, usually lightly armed but not without weapons. (At least one Translocator Cannon) Secondary Mission is making contact with other civilizations.

Most surveyor ships are also deploying GalNet Extender Buoys and are in permanent contact with Explorer Fleet Command.

Surveyor Ships rarely make planet fall but report systems that need closer examination and an Explorer ship and Planet survey team is sent out.

Surveyors fly 200-300 light years, stop make intensive scans with their on board sensor and telescopic equipment and then hop to the next stop, thus systematically gathering detailed data of the entire galaxy.

The Surveyor fleet is crewed by Fleet personnel (Volunteers) and under command of the Science Council.

Currently there are 25,000 Surveyor Vessels deployed in the Milky Way galaxy, 2,000 in the Large Magellanic Cloud and 5,400 in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Five special Long range mission Surveyors are on super long Missions. One to the Virgo Cluster, one to the Fornax Cluster and three are on their way to the Great Attractor and expected to arrive there in 1500 years.

(see Virgo Mission, Fornax Mission, Attractor Convoy)