Allied systems not surveyed despite alliance?

[stadtpark-hartmut]

I started the game as an already formed Federation / Galactic Union.
I'm not allowed to survey my Allies systems, and whenever I ask for Active Sensorlink, it says I already have that (because of Alliance I assume). My Intel is 90%. Does this fix itself at 100%? How do I get to 100%? I can't enter trade agreements, and I'm not sure why (- maybe because I'm a Megacorp?).

Something else:
Sadly one of my spawned allies from the start is also a corp, and he made a branch office with the other guy, before I could... - which pretty much defies the reason why I started that way lol... - two friends from the start and I can't open branch offices on neither one...
Edit: some game starts are not worth the trouble, and it's easier to re-roll / start over again: my mastery of this game isn't high enough as to that I would enjoy the extra challenge. The game has a habit of surrounding you with enemies, so I at least need the special starting condition to actually work out in my favor...

[CrUsHeR]

You can still survey those systems in case something like the Grey Tempest destroys the starbases there.

[stadtpark-hartmut]

When my Federation reached lvl 2, Info went to 100 from 90, and suddenly the systems were no longer greyed out. The yields only show on mouse-over, but they show if I care to look.

So it kind of fixed itself / seems intended and not a bug.

[sharky952]

As far as I know, you can't survey systems belonging to another empire (survey as in your science ship surveying).

[Sero]

What do you intent to get from surveying their planets?

[stadtpark-hartmut]

Originally posted by Sero:

What do you intent to get from surveying their planets?

I was just irritated that we were in a Federation and thus I had "sensor link" and the systems still showed as greyed out on the galaxy map, when I had the intuition that they should be "known". This wasn't the case in earlier versions of the game. - And as it turns out, I needed 100% Intel with them (which automatically happened at Federation level 2).

The game has changed quite a bit, and I'm still adapting.

(While not necessary a related issue: maybe I don't want to claim systems blindly, but only the good ones...).

[Sero]

Originally posted by stadtpark-hartmut:

Originally posted by Sero:

What do you intent to get from surveying their planets?

I was just irritated that we were in a Federation and thus I had "sensor link" and the systems still showed as greyed out on the galaxy map, when I had the intuition that they should be "known". This wasn't the case in earlier versions of the game. - And as it turns out, I needed 100% Intel with them (which automatically happened at Federation level 2).

The game has changed quite a bit, and I'm still adapting.

(While not necessary a related issue: maybe I don't want to claim systems blindly, but only the good ones...).

Fair point.
I don't think you actually get more information of what resources a regular system has.
I think the last few percent of intel are only about what exactly is built on planets.

PS: On the wiki it says that full intel gives you:
High Intel on Systems
Full Intel on Colonies
Current Orders of Military Fleets