exploratory ship

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This was filed by a routine exploratory ship that came here eight hundred years ago.

From Star Surgeon by Nourse, Alan Edward

"And you're saying that these virus-creatures came here after the exploratory ship had come and gone?"

From Star Surgeon by Nourse, Alan Edward

Following this was a long, detailed and exceedingly dull description of the step-by-step procedure followed by a Confederation exploratory ship making a first landing on a barren planet.

From Star Surgeon by Nourse, Alan Edward

But when they tried to invade the unintelligent creatures the exploratory ship found here, they discovered that the new host's body couldn't tolerate them.

From Star Surgeon by Nourse, Alan Edward