Early in the game the starbase commander tells you that something strange is coming from the direction of Uranus. For some reason, that is the only planet I have encountered that it will not let me scan. I open the scan menu and the only option is exit, no scan, no lander, nothing. Is this going to be vital to the story? If I skip it, will the game never progress and I'll be wasting my time? (seems like there is a Spathi there or something but I haven't played this game in years) Thanks.
... uh yeah. I am so SMART! But yeah, I sorta figured it out, the term "gas giant" never really set in until speaking with the arilou. Thanks for the help though.
Ur-Quan Masters rules, by the way! Greatest project I have ever seen!
Well, you can scan gas giants, you simply can't autoscan them. What would the point be, as you are unable to land on them? (The distinction here is that scanning a planet brings up statistics on it, while autoscanning generates a resource map.)