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The meta 1-4 variants are progressive upgrades over the basic meta 0 module, giving ever-higher mining yields (or reduced cycle times, for ice mining) and lower CPU penalties; the only downside to using them is their slightly higher CPU requirement. On stats alone, the tech 2 module is in all respects worse than the meta 4 module (especially the enormous 12.5% CPU penalty); however, the higher-meta tech 1 modules are often ruinously expensive, so the tech 2 module may be worth using if have the necessary skill trained, and if your ship can handle its steep CPU penalty. | The meta 1-4 variants are progressive upgrades over the basic meta 0 module, giving ever-higher mining yields (or reduced cycle times, for ice mining) and lower CPU penalties; the only downside to using them is their slightly higher CPU requirement. On stats alone, the tech 2 module is in all respects worse than the meta 4 module (especially the enormous 12.5% CPU penalty); however, the higher-meta tech 1 modules are often ruinously expensive, so the tech 2 module may be worth using if have the necessary skill trained, and if your ship can handle its steep CPU penalty. | ||
=== Survey scanners === | |||
Survey scanners are a mid-slot module which allow you to see how much ore/ice is present in nearby asteroids (allowing you to, for instance, mine the asteroids containing the most ore). For more details on how to use survey scanners, see [[Mining#Survey scanner|survey scanner]]. | |||
Survey scanners have to manually activated and do not auto-refresh (so you need to periodically activate the scanner to update the information you receive); a scan takes between 4 and 5 seconds (depending on the survey scanner module). Unlike most other modules in the game, training the prerequisite skill ({{sk|CPU Management}}) does not improve the performance of the survey scanner in any way; the only way to increase the range of a survey scanner is to fit them to an [[Orca]] or a [[Rorqual]] ships (which have built-in bonuses to survey scanner range). | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;" | |||
! style="background-color:#222222;text-align:left;" | Module | |||
! style="background-color:#222222;" | Tech | |||
! style="background-color:#222222;" | Meta | |||
! style="background-color:#222222;" | {{icon|cpu|26|CPU required (TF)}} | |||
! style="background-color:#222222;" | {{icon|pg|26|Powergrid required (MW)}} | |||
! style="background-color:#222222;" | <span title="Maximum scanning range (km)">{{icon|range|26}} Range</span> | |||
! style="background-color:#222222;" | <span title="Skill required to use the module">[[Image:Skill.png|26px]] Skill</span> | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:left;"| Survey Scanner I | |||
| style="background:#000000;" data-sort-value=1 | <span title="Tech 1 module">I</span> | |||
|0 | |||
|5 | |||
|1 | |||
|15 | |||
|{{sk|CPU Management|I}} | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:left;"| Rock-Scanning Sensor Array I | |||
| style="background:#000000;" data-sort-value=1 | <span title="Tech 1 module">I</span> | |||
|1 | |||
|4 | |||
|1 | |||
|15.75 | |||
|{{sk|CPU Management|I}} | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:left;"| Residual Survey Scanner I | |||
| style="background:#000000;" data-sort-value=1 | <span title="Tech 1 module">I</span> | |||
|2 | |||
|4 | |||
|1 | |||
|16.5 | |||
|{{sk|CPU Management|I}} | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:left;"| ML-3 Amphilotite Mining Probe | |||
| style="background:#000000;" data-sort-value=1 | <span title="Tech 1 module">I</span> | |||
|3 | |||
|4 | |||
|1 | |||
|17.25 | |||
|{{sk|CPU Management|I}} | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:left;"| 'Dactyl' Type-E Asteroid Analyzer | |||
| style="background:#000000;" data-sort-value=1 | <span title="Tech 1 module">I</span> | |||
|4 | |||
|4 | |||
|1 | |||
|18 | |||
|{{sk|CPU Management|I}} | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:Icon tech2.png|16px]] Survey Scanner II | |||
| style="background:#9d6101;" data-sort-value=2 | <span title="Tech 2 module">II</span> | |||
|5 | |||
|6 | |||
|1 | |||
|22.5 | |||
|{{sk|CPU Management|II}} | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=7 style="background-color:#222222; text-align:left;font-size:95%;line-height:130%;font-weight:normal;" | Click on the column headers to sort the table; mouse over them for a more detailled explanation.<br />More information: [[Skills]] - [[Techs, Tiers and Meta levels|Tech and Meta levels]]. | |||
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The various survey scanners use very little CPU and power grid, and are primarily distinguished by their range (how large an area, measured from your ship, they can scan). Given that nearly every mining module has a range of 15km or less (the one exception being the rare and very expensive ORE Strip Miner), the basic Survey Scanner I will cover every asteroid you can mine without moving your ship. The longer-ranged survey scanners are only useful if you're mining in an agile ship (e.g. a [[Venture]]) and want to fly around an asteroid belt looking for particular ore types, or if you are part of a [[Mining Op|mining fleet]] are are receiving fleet boosts (which, among other things, increase the range of your mining lasers). | |||
=== Rigs === | === Rigs === | ||