One idea I saw bounced around a while back was that survey ships could monitor planets or stars and use that information to help your race. This could lead to all sorts of new things going on; there could be some sort of event where survey ships can look at uninhabited planets and get bonuses from those planets. Conversely, if a survey ship monitors a habitable (but unclaimed) planet, it could slowly grow in potential, but can be claimed at any time.
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