Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-70.72.38.180-20150328175811/@comment-24891101-20150406233621

Seven-Three: The point was that, given how cooped up they were prior to air travel, the natural human impulse is to explore. With the casual VTOL capacity they currently have, mapping the world from the air would certainly occur, to confirm coastlines from maritime exploration and map landforms inland, too deep in Grimm-held territory for a terrestrial exploratory mission.

When they launch a space program, more such mapping would occur. We do not propose constant monitoring, merely sufficient so that a polity could not pass notice. Isolated tribes and uncontacted peoples, probably, but no one with any degree of industry whatsoever. Too many tell-tales.

Additionally, frequent aerial monitoring of Grimm makes sense. Keep track of them, do population analyses, other similar purposes.