Gah! More vagueness...I'm sure it won't be the only potential new ship in v1.2 either...
I think reconnaissance vessels would make a lot of sense. Since ships only have max vision at or below max weapon range, having something with vision greater than that would help out, as well if alone the vessel could see everything at a planet when its there. Spy units are limited in aspects like that, because they only tell you how much is there, and not what is there.It was going to be the Rebel version of the Imperial probe droid, except persistent and a ship. That was before Ghostrider joined, and as he got further into GFFA, it made more sense to have a more accessible intelligence unit, so I went with the Bothan Spy instead. The Ferret got cut (in the short term), but all the files are still there so someone could mod it back in if desired; it just wouldn't have upgrades.