Scanning Planets
More about Scanning
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When you scan an uninhabited planet, you'll be able to detect the environment and the concentration of each mineral under the planet surface, but not the minerals stored on the surface. If you attempt to scan a planet inhabited by an opponent, you can detect only the environment, underground mineral concentration and an estimate of the population (plus or minus 20%).
If the planet's starbase has cloaks, the distance at which you can detect the enemy's starbase is reduced.