Hologram Scout
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"Send a hologram to the planet for an up close examination."
This tool allows the player to explore a planet surface as a hologram. Aside from walking around, almost no interaction is available. The Hologram walks very slow compared to walking during Creature stage. Other creatures on the surface become aware of the hologram's presence if the hologram approaches. Herbivore creatures will run away in fear or wave at the hologram, carnivores and omnivores will attack and Epic Creatures will grab, bite, throw and send fireballs at the hologram. The controls are very similar to the Creature stage. note: in the game a hologram can be picked up by an epic creature.
The scout is also able to swim, seemingly forever, by walking into a body of water from a very flat stretch of coast. This can be quite tricky, as the angle into the water has to be very shallow (see the below video). It is unknown why the game does not allow the scout to swim in normal conditions. This is most likely a glitch, however.
The scout can pick up items, such as sporebucks dropped by ships, by left clicking them. This makes it easier and faster to retrieve sporebucks located in forests.
The speed of the hologram scout can be increased by opening, then closing, the settings window before using the scout.
Sometimes your Hologram Scout will be much larger than the actual size your creature really is. The reason for this is unknown.
In Spore Galactic Adventures, players can only beam down from adventure planets. The player can ask an alien empire for a mission, the game will scan for systems or planets that have not been visited and then make the player travel to the system. Gas Giants will get converted into adventure planets if any nearby planets have all been visited. The Hologram Scout was not replaced or cut from the game.
Holograms can have captain tools as decoration, but they cannot be used.
Acquiring
This requires the Missionista 5
or the Trader (badge) 5 badge.
Locations
This tool can be purchased in the following locations:
Your Empire
: §200,000
Ecologist Empire
: §100,000
Scientist Empire
: §100,000
Shaman Empire
: §100,000
Zealot Empire
: §100,000
