Description
Survey Seed Fleets lets reconnaissance missions prepare the exact ecological packages future colonies need. It is an optional synthesis between Expansion and Terraforming and Reconnaissance and Espionage, not a gate on either capstone.
Benefits
Sensor strength Empire-wide+4%
Strategy notes
Survey Seed Fleets develops the PopulationGrowth discipline within Cross-Path Synthesis. This synthesis combines Expansion and Terraforming with Reconnaissance and Espionage without replacing either core path. Its immediate value is +4% sensing range. The principal counterpressure is that cross-path investment delays a focused capstone and exposes two different resource dependencies.
Player hints
This is a specialization milestone. Reaching it reveals stronger combinations, but broad tier-three investment will slow every capstone. Favor this technology when its PopulationGrowth benefits reinforce your current economy, fleets, or frontier. Pause the branch if its expected RP per tick is too diluted or its resource costs would stall higher-priority projects.
Research cost
Leads to
Terminal technology