Shared Perspective

Category:Technologies
 is a technology in Starcom: Unknown Space 
Description: Each command crew member with at least 1 observation increases the maximum viewport range by 5%. Additional skill levels on the same officer provide diminishing returns.
Research Point Cost: 80 RP
Pre-requisite(s): Officer Training, Spatial Partitioning
(spoilers!)
 
There IS such a thing as 'too much of a good thing,' and this varies with taste. For example, if you run your games on lower graphics settings and smaller resolutions for better performance, there's a level of zoom in the main viewport with the HUD (the non-Map mode) where the detail of the ship(s) is reduced to where you can't make anything out on your own ship or targets.
Some might argue that being able to see missiles launched at you at extreme range (or to target enemies at extreme range) is an acceptable tradeoff for, for example, not being able to see pieces of ship debris or inert mines, since they're too small to show up at that zoom height. Be mindful of the bonuses and limitations of the various zoom levels.
This technology doesn't affect the ship's detection range, so some players consider this to be optional.