A survey team was a specialized group sent to survey a planet on a survey mission, often prior to colonization. Among the responsibilities of a survey team was to note biological and geological oddities. (ENT episode: "Bound")
Albert Hodgkin first visited planet Loracus Prime in the year 2093, as part of a science survey mission. (ENT episode: "Strange New Worlds"; ST reference: Federation: The First 150 Years)
In 2369, Professor Richard Galen compared Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who was on a survey mission, to a Roman centurion patrolling for the Empire. (TNG episode: "The Chase")
In 2370, Federation High Commissioner Fortnoy dispatched a survey team to the planet Kota in order to survey the planet as a possible colonization site to relocate the inhabitants of Aratril to. (TNG novel: Shadows Have Offended)
In early 2373, Captain Benjamin Sisko led a survey team from Deep Space 9 into the Gamma Quadrant to survey the cormaline-rich Torga IV. (DS9 episode: "The Ship")
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- engineering team
- observation team
External link[]
- Survey team article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.