INTERSTELLAR SURVEY: GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN SERVICE

The Department of Interstellar Survey is charged with the exploration of deep space, to discover and chart new planets suitable for colonization, resource exploitation, etc. Survey personnel are identical to StarForce personnel, insofar as pre-requisites are concerned, with Armsmen the equivalent of StarForce Commandos. The Survey Service operates naval class vessels up to BattleCruiser displacement, as deep space beyond the frontiers tends to produce hostile aliens. The ships are heavily modified for scientific research, however.