Galileo Orbital Telescope

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The Galileo orbital telescope is one of the oldest manmade ships still in service. These ancient vessels were built during the earliest days of foldspace exploration to facilitate exploration of distant systems. Foldspace jumps to non-noded systems can result in inaccuracies of several hundred light-years, which means that finding ideal jump points and being aware of potential celestial phenomena is extremely important. Thus, the Galileo was born - a vessel built around a single high-powered scanner to find such safe havens to jump to.

Though never a military vessel, the Galileo has nonetheless found its way into service amongst Resistance fleets. Primary among these reasons is due to the need for Resistance fleets to find resources that haven't been discovered, and which aren't either held by the Scourge or behind nodes that had their node codes changed. Such a scanner also allows for enemies to be detected from great distances, helping ragtag Resistance fleets avoid engagements that would otherwise result in their destruction. That said, should battle arise, Resistance admirals can use the extreme definition provided by the Galileo to not only target distant enemy vessels, but also to line up shots against weak points on said ships.

In-Game
The Galileo is arguably one of the strongest monitors in the game, despite having no weaponry whatsoever. Its Active Scan places major spikes on the target, on top of allowing a single allied battlegroup to gain bonus chances to crit when firing at a revealed target.