Probe scanning: Difference between revisions

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== Using probes ==

(Read [[Probing In Simple Steps]] for a more detailed guide, with tips and troubleshooting.)

* Launch your probes and scan. Use the filter to limit your results to what you want to find.

* Once you get a result, position probes to cover that result.  This may be as easy as moving them around a little or covering a sphere. Either way, keep in mind results from wide scans can be ''extremely'' inaccurate.

If you are scanning large reaches of empty space, you might find mission sites and abandoned drones, but probably not much else.

The Solar System Map can be rotated using the Left Mouse Button and panned using the Right Mouse Button as well.

Clicking an object (celestial body, station, probe, signature etc.) changes the pivot point when rotating with the Left Mouse Button. Hint: Double clicking on the probe cube sets the probe cube to be the rotation pivot point, and re-centers the view to probe cube.

Carry exactly twice as many probes as you use at a time. When you load your launcher initially, only load the number of probes you can have active.  (For example, if you have 8 probes active, carry 16 but only load 8.)  As soon as you've launched your maximum number of probes and are busy placing them, the launcher will automatically load the next stack -- exactly the amount you need for the next system (be aware, activating a cloaking device while the reload timer is ticking down will cancel the reload due to being cloaked).  That way, the launcher will always be ready without you ever having to manually load it.

* Sphere:  The result is somewhere in the sphere.  One probe only has a hit and approximate range.  You ''can'' get multiple probes with independent hits, it can be messy.  This is the least accurate hit.

* Circle:  Two probes have approximate distances.  More accurate, and likely to yield better hits with more probes. The target anomaly is located near the circle.

* Two Dots:  Three probes have distances, which narrows it down to between two possible locations.  Likely to be more or less accurate, but beware of deviation. Target anomaly has been narrowed down to being near one of the dots.

== Probe attributes ==

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Maximum deviation at different ranges and Astrometric levels

! colspan="5" | Astrometrics Skill Level

! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5

|-

| 0.1188 || 0.1125 || 0.1063 || 0.100 || 0.0938

|-

| 0.238 || 0.225 || 0.213 || 0.200 || 0.188

|-

| 0.475 || 0.45 || 0.425 || 0.400 || 0.375

|-

| 0.95 || 0.90 || 0.85 || 0.80 || 0.75

|-

| 1.9 || 1.8 || 1.7 || 1.6 || 1.5

|-

| 3.8 || 3.6 || 3.4 || 3.2 || 3.0

|-

| 7.6 || 7.2 || 6.8 || 6.4 || 6.0

|-

| 15.2 || 14.4 || 13.6 || 12.8 || 12.0

|-

| 30.4 || 28.8 || 27.2 || 25.6 || 24.0

|-

|}

* '''[[Combat sites]]''' are ungated pockets with multiple waves of rats to kill. They can drop faction items or escalate to new sites.

=== Cosmic signatures ===

* '''Data sites''' contain containers that need to be [[Hacking|hacked]] with a data analyzer. They range from completely safe to deadly dangerous, for more details see [[relic and data sites]].

* '''[[Wormholes]]''' are temporary unstable connections between two systems.

=== Site respawn mechanics ===

* {{sh|Pacifier}}

* {{sh|Astero}} Frigate.  (CPU is low, making it hard to fit an Expanded Probe Launcher.)

* {{sh|Stratios}} Cruiser.

The [[Society of Conscious Thought]] ships gain same 37.5% scan probe strength as sisters ships. They also gain bonus to all weapons systems making them well rounded ships.

* {{sh|Sunesis}} Destroyer.

* {{sh|Gnosis}} Battlecruiser.

* {{sh|Praxis}} Battleship.

* {{sh|Legion}}

Full list of normally used scanning equipment:

|-

|[[File:Icon probe launcher.png|link=|]]

! rowspan="2" | Secondary Effect

! rowspan="2" | Set Name

! rowspan="2" | Attributes

| 1-5

| 6 (Omega)

! Slot

! Name                 

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wErCHjNTsRA Alebrelle Kuatu's Probe Scanning Basics]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCOulmmn_4Q Newb Eden's Exploration Pt1: Scanning Like a Boss!!]

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