hawkeye your post is very helpful. i had indeed activated the 2 espionage teams to spy on the colony and the geology survey isnt complete yet.
with the numbers u have given me i would be getting practically no espionage points, given the apparent size of the outpost.
their tech that i know of is as follows;
EM Sensor Sensitivity 18
Ceramic Composite Armour
Active Grav Sensor Strength 36
Missile Launcher Reload Rate 1
this was obtained from a craft called Victor; cross section 20, 1000 tons, 200 thermal signature, speed 10,000 km/s
communications with the aliens is impossible