The Exploration and Evaluation Corps or EEC are the body of the Federated Sentient Planets responsible for determining whether or not a planet is habitable. They tend to conduct their surveys in da
Methods
Probes are used as the initial gatherers of information, determining if the planet is habitable. Once this has been done, and the planet deemed safe, the EEC team will go to the surface and conduct a more thorough investigation, noting geology and possible landing sites, as well as flora and fauna.
Customs
Planets evaluated by the EEC teams were named after any team members lost during the mission. An example of this is the planet Flora Asturius, an amalgamation of two members' names.
Personnel
Evaluated Planets
Criteria for Colonisation
Most potential colony worlds must be relatively like Earth, or at the very be habitable. More specifically, planets tend to require a wide range of flora and fauna, as well as multiple geologically-sound Landing sites.