Intelligence scan
An intelligence scan was a scan done for the purpose of surveilling planets and people of particular interest to intelligence organizations.

In 2368, intelligence scans showed Ambassador Spock and Pardek meeting on a certain street on Romulus, which Data was later able to identify by virtue of the architecture nearby. ()

As of 2379, intelligence scans of the Reman homeworld showed evidence of dilithium mining and heavy weapons construction. ()

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