Scout/Legends

Scouts were explorers or surveyors who charted new hyperspace routes and explored unknown planets, either working for a government, a corporation, or as an independent.

Most major governments, including the Galactic Empire and the New Republic had their own scout services. The Imperial Survey Corps was much more tightly controlled than its Galactic Republic predecessor. The humanocentric biases of the Empire, the ISC's new emphasis on finding worlds for the Empire to ruthlessly exploit and conquer, and attempts to recruit scouts into the Imperial Starfleet led many scouts to join the Alliance to Restore the Republic.