seems to me ppl r far more interested in sending explo's than the upcoming event (me included). Some suggestions are good, but thats probz coz they are close to my own, some downright daft and some so complicated i dont even understand what the idea is!
Why not enable left click to select multiple explos in star then some kind of ui (maybe right click) to send them all on a particular search. If u only want 1 explo then simply right click on him/her. This could be implemented for all specialists, its my fave idea and i kind of stole it from an earlier post. Or a UI like the generals, both of which would be so much better with some kind of sort order. we all have a good idea which explo does what and how long it takes so i really dont feel this needs to be taken into consideration.