? no idea what you're talking abuot.

The Seeker Vessel has a passive ability that allows you to see the gravity well it died in for a period of time, as well as the ability to Martyr itself on a hostile target (in layman's terms, smash itself into an enemy ship). I don't think either qualifies as a spying attack.

The Revelation Battlecruiser, however, has a ability called Clairvoyance which allows temporary viewing of any known gravity well, explored or unexplored (unexplored meaning you know it exists, but haven't been there). Being a capital ship ability, it does not appear on either research tree, but requires you to add ability points to it and it requires antimatter to cast.

The third candidate for a "spy attack" is another capital ship ability called Subversion, belonging to the Antorak Marauder. It sends down an espionage team down to the planet to act as covert reconaissance (a remote probe, basically) and hinder ship and structure production rates at that gravity well.

Ahhh... found it, you were right, it was the perserverance research for the spying attacks ability. I am guessing it means that if you are attacked while spying (exploring) then there is a lingering view presence at that grav well. Strange that the names are different, but well, perhaps there were different teams working on different parts of the game when they were developing it. Anyway, thanks anyway. Take care,

-Teal

Ahhh... i am sorry, i didnt mean different companies, i just thought if there were like 9 people, 3 people did art, 1 did files, one did business and two did marketing, that sort of thing. I meant if you were working on the research and called them lingering presence, i might be doing the files and you tell me, "Teal, im working on this research where the advent scout gets killed in a grav well, but well... we're going to have a "view" ability for that event for that well for a little while afterward."

And i say "Okie" and run off and code it in the files, and i think, hmmm... what do i call it? How about spying attacks? Since that is what the scout is doing when its killed?  Hmmm... might work.

Anyway, that is all i meant, sorry if i offended, just was thinking of a reason why the names would be different, and having two different people work on those parts was the first idea that came to mind that seemed to answer why, thats all.

Sorry if i offended,

Take care,

-Teal

  Okie 

Take care,

-Teal