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*Look at the system scanner (default shortcut Alt+P) and determine if there are any Cosmic Signatures to be found.
*Look at the system scanner (default shortcut Alt+P) and determine if there are any Cosmic Signatures to be found.


*Drop your probes. Scan, and use the filter to limit your results to what you want to find.
*Launch your probes. Scan, and 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 are ''very'' inaccurate sometimes.
*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 are ''very'' inaccurate sometimes.
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==Probe Attributes==
==Probe Attributes==


Probe have three attributes that effect scan result: sensor strength (higher is better), maximum deviation (lower is better) and base scan range.   
Probes have three attributes that effect scan results: sensor strength (higher is better), maximum deviation (lower is better) and base scan range.