We have already visited the nearby town and villages - it is time to explore the rest of the world! Firsthand, real knowledge about distant countries will help us establish useful contacts. We can gain it from interrogations, but we can also fund Recon Expeditions:
>They will require 75 Storage space, instead of a Hangar;
>They will take 40 days to finish;
>After they arrive, we need to sort the loot at the Workshop (Debrief Expedition).
A different kind of Expedition is a military one; see EXPEDITION entry in the Vessels section.