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Scouting the outlying sectors
The following is the current state of scouting (3216.300):
- AF - MSN (ST3): 2 x C5A-S, 1 x SCI, 1 x C5 (Logs GREEN) IEN (AF Scouts): 5 x C5-S
- AG - MSN (ST1,ST2): 4 x C5A-S, 2 x SCI, 2 x C5 (Logs)
- AH - RNV (TFS5+6): 6 SCI, 2 C5-S (logs GREEN) GFA: 15th Scout Fleet 12 x C1-S, 1 x LSSI (logs GREEN)
- AI - RNV (TFS7+8): 6 SCI, 2 C5-S (logs GREEN)
- AJ - IEN (AJ Scouts): 5 x C5-S
- BF - IEN (BF Scouts): 5 x C5-S
- BJ - IEN (BJ Scouts): 4 x C5-S FWAN: 8C1AS
- CF - IEN (CF Scouts): 5 x C5-S RWN/UXN : 1 x CVXI
- CJ - MSN (ST10): 2 x C5A-S, 1 x SCI, 1 x C5 (Logs) UXN: 3 x DDI, 1 x AMI LONAW: 1 x AMI, 2 x C5A
- DF - RNV (TFS2): 3 SCI, 1 C5-S (logs GREEN) UXN (Issachar Scouts): 3 SCI, 1 AMI (logs GREEN)
- DJ - UXN (Issachar Scouts): 6 SCI, 2 AMI (logs GREEN)
- EF - GFA: 8th Scout Fleet 12 x C1-S, 1 x LSSI (logs GREEN)
- EG - GFA: 7th Scout Fleet 12 x C1-S, 1 x LSSI (logs GREEN)
- EH - GFA: 6th Scout Fleet 12 x C1-S, 1 x LSSI (logs GREEN) RNV (TFS1): 3 SCI, 1 C5-S (logs GREEN)
- EI - GFA: 5th Scout Fleet 12 x C1-S, 1 x LSSI (logs GREEN)
- EJ - GFA: 4th Scout Fleet 12 x C1-S, 1 x LSSI (logs GREEN) RNV (TFS3): 3 SCI, 1 C5-S (logs GREEN)
Each sector requires at least 8 scouting vessels to visit all inhabitable systems once every 4 octants. This permits the detection of a significant base (JIM0000 “Pretty much any ship will detect an Exterminator construction base because it is big and doing hi-visibility things like strip-mining resources”). For smaller objects, the spotting rules in the rulebook are relevant. These vessels require Logs support if they are to maintain their patrols indefinitely.
History
During the Exterminator War, Humanity agreed to start a program of scouting the “eastern” sectors; DF, DJ, EF, EG, EH, EI and EJ. Details of these efforts, AT A POINT IN THE PAST, can be found at Martyn Pott's IISS page (the NSC, ESC and SSC links). At the inter-polity summit at NEW MARS in 3211, it was agreed that this program be extended to all adjacent sectors as it was appreciated that an enemy could come from any direction.
