Ok, so there's a lot of questions right now about Expedition and what is it and how does it work.
Well you general send out ship's for example 200 Elite cargo's. You can pick how long they stay out there for every expedtion tech level you have another hour you can stay out there searching. The longer they stay out there the more chance of finding goodies but also the more chance of losing alot/everything you had. Thing outcomes can be gaining resources,ships,or losing like stated above ships. Recent talk has been that it can be used for FS assuming you have your expedition tech high enough to recall before it hits 0 and the expedition is done.

I have not seen alot of talk about this so if you have any more bonus information please comment below or if you have more questions that are not yet answered.

i sent out an expedition and got this report

2 Mon 5 Sep 2011, 18:41:20 Headquarters(9) Expedition Report
Your explorers have found abandoned ships in perfect condition.
They found:


thats all i got they found abandoned ships so why havent i got those ships with me now

Go to the topic sloth linked and I'm going to go ahead and lock this. Side note when you get ships you can get 0 ships as in you find some but you find none. For more info go to the link above.