Expedition

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The expedition is a relatively new feature, introduced in version 0.78. A fleet can be sent to explore the new slot in each system that is located at slot 16, Outer Space.

The exploration fleet has the chance to:

• Find nothing.
• Find Dark Matter.
• Find resources, but only as much as your fleet has cargo space for.
• Find a merchant from an alien world to trade with.
• Gain ships.
• Find an alien/pirate fleet and be attacked. A combat report is made.
• Find Solar Wind or a wormhole. Your fleet returns sooner.
• Get lost. It will take your fleet longer to return.
• Get lost, your whole fleet will never return.

If the Outer Space is visited too often, the chances of finding anything decrease. If the Outer Space is left alone for a little, while it will "replenish."

When attacked by pirates or aliens, their ships can outnumber your ships. They can also use different ships: for example, your Battleship and Large Cargo fleet might be attacked by Cruisers. Pirates have your Weapon / Shielding / Armour Technology minus three; aliens have your technologies plus three.

Expeditions are able to find up to 2,000,000 units of resources. That means that you can only find a maximum of 2,000,000 metal, 2,000,000 crystal, or 2,000,000 deuterium.

When finding ships, GameForge says that maximum unit value that can be found is 500,000. For example, an espionage probe is 1,000 units, and a battleship is 60,000 units (45,000 metal + 15,000 crystal = 60,000 units). Thus, the maximum amount of probes you could find in one expedition is 500, the max amount of battleships you could find is 8. However, there have been reports of people finding slightly more than 500.000 units, up to 600.000. This may be a bug or miscalculation on the part of GameForge.

A good way to avoid suffering too many losses from an expedition is to send a fleet comprised solely of Small Cargos or Large Cargos, because they will allow you to find lots of resources, and reduce your losses if you encounter Aliens or Pirates. Additionally, if you are unfortunate enough to get one of the "your fleet is lost forever" messages, cargos are rather easily replaced, as opposed to Battleships or Destroyers. If you want to find ships, your best bet is to send Bombers: they can find Destroyers and are capable of holding their own against Pirates and Aliens.

To be able to explore you need to research Expedition Technology. The maximum amount of hours your fleet can remain in expedition is the level of your expedition technology. The longer you wait, the more likely you are to find something.

The maximum amount of expedition fleets you can have out at the same time is the square root of your expedition technology level rounded down.

Requirements:

• Expedition Technology Level 1