No visual difference between colony and outpost

[Strongbad]

Considering colonies are like death stars this is quite unsettling

[Royce]

Here's what I wrote in a similar thread in general chat:

Another problem that could be solved of there was a log of probe observations, which I think, along with probe waypoints, would make probes awesome.
Example:
Probe arrived at location XYZ
Encountered planet with details ABC
Was destroyed

So you'd be able to determine the nature of planets using probes, even if they were attacked. It seems like a probe should be able to do that for you.

[Strongbad]

I agree, right now it's just guess work .... Still ships should be able to tell the difference

[JetJaguar2000]

I want to bring attention to this. I just inadvertently lost a fleet of 45 ships by moving them to what I thought was an outpost but was actually an aggressive colony. Wiped out instantly. Awesome.