Poor wording on my part, I meant I thought survey ships would be able to scan planets from a distance and not have to go into orbit and get into a battle.

Thank you Iceman, I thought a survey ship would be able to scan planets, guess not.

<t> I have searched through these forums and googled it, but I can't find an answer to this. Is it possible to scan an enemies planet without entering a battle? I have the survey ship and precise location tech, moved the ship one hex away from the enemy planet, but still no info on fleet/planet ...