Search and Rescue

Search and Rescue is a system in Mass Effect 3 that replaces the Planet Scanning mini-game from Mass Effect 2. The Normandy SR-2 is equipped with a new and improved scanning pulse that can detect objects of interest. This can be used to uncover war assets, artifacts, intel, and fuel as the player flies around a new system. Each time a scanning pulse is used, however, the chance that the Reapers will enter the system to investigate is increased. If the Reapers enter a system that the player is in, the player must flee the system and can only return there after completing a mission elsewhere.