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== Notes on Covops Operations and Scouting: ==

Firstly, please note that I'm not an experienced scout - this post contains the things I've learnt to date, and more experienced scouts may want to correct anything I've gotten wrong. But I have learnt this stuff in dribs and drabs so far and thought others might appreciate having some of it written down. This document also concentrates on covops scouting - that is, covops ships (tech 2 frigates) with proper tech 2 covops cloaks (or those crazy cloaked weapons platforms, the stealth bombers, if you must). You can start out with smaller frigates with prototype cloaks, but as they can't warp while cloaked a lot of this won't really apply.

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Note, this also works for bookmarking people's insta-undocks, and their safe spots around gates. That also means that if you're helping an uncloaked fleet around, be aware that even just off-grid they may be visible to enemy scouts now. Also, be aware that your probes show up on people's ship scanners, so if they suspect you're out there, they may pop their ship scanner, see your probes, and run.

There's an excellent guide to scanning generally at http://www.eve-ivy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15856

There's also a wiki page on [[Scanning & Probing]]

Be aware that if you're doing this, anyone clever (anyone using their ship scanners) will notice the probes and high-tail it out quickly. But if you can catch their warp-in or warp-out points, it may help you track them down next time they warp through the area.

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 == Notes on Covops Operations and Scouting: ==
 Firstly, please note that I'm not an experienced scout - this post contains the things I've learnt to date, and more experienced scouts may want to correct anything I've gotten wrong. But I have learnt this stuff in dribs and drabs so far and thought others might appreciate having some of it written down. This document also concentrates on covops scouting - that is, covops ships (tech 2 frigates) with proper tech 2 covops cloaks (or those crazy cloaked weapons platforms, the stealth bombers, if you must). You can start out with smaller frigates with prototype cloaks, but as they can't warp while cloaked a lot of this won't really apply.
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 Note, this also works for bookmarking people's insta-undocks, and their safe spots around gates. That also means that if you're helping an uncloaked fleet around, be aware that even just off-grid they may be visible to enemy scouts now. Also, be aware that your probes show up on people's ship scanners, so if they suspect you're out there, they may pop their ship scanner, see your probes, and run.
 There's an excellent guide to scanning generally at http://www.eve-ivy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15856
+There's also a wiki page on [[Scanning & Probing]]
 Be aware that if you're doing this, anyone clever (anyone using their ship scanners) will notice the probes and high-tail it out quickly. But if you can catch their warp-in or warp-out points, it may help you track them down next time they warp through the area.