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 The directional scanner can see the following objects in space:
-* All ships and their names. This excludes [[Recon Ships|combat recon]] and cloaked ships.
+* All ships and their names. This excludes [[Recon Ships|combat recon]] and [[Cloaking|cloaked ships]].
 * Celestial objects such as moons, asteroid belts and planets.
 * Structures such as [[POS|player starbases]], citadels, customs offices, mobile depots and stargates. The name of the structure is also visible.
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 The directional scanner is not able to see the state of the object (empty, damaged, reinforced, pilot info), nor can it see [[Scanning#Cosmic_signatures|cosmic signatures]], [[Scanning#Cosmic_anomalies|cosmic anomalies]], all normal NPCs, beacons and [[bookmarks]].
+The d-scan is especially important in [[wormholes]] as the local chat there does not automatically show other players, and the directional scan is the tool for this task.
+==How it works==
+A d-scan can cover an area with a range of up to about 14.3 AU (appx. 2 x10<sup>9</sup> km), and at an angle from 5° to 360°. When used the directional scanner lists all valid objects it can find within the scan area.
+The directional scanner can be used either defensively with full range and angle (allowing the user to see all ships or probes that may pose threat), or offensively to gather intel on things that are off grid. This includes getting enemy fleet composition or approximate location of objects.
-The '''directional scanner''' ("d-scan") is a built-in device that comes with all ships and can detect most objects in space at long range. The directional-scanner is an extremely powerful searching tool, especially for PvP, in all sectors of space. A d-scan can cover an area with a range of up to about 14.3 AU (appx. 2 x10<sup>9</sup> km), and at an angle from 5° to 360°. When used the directional scanner lists all valid objects it can find within the scan area.
-The directional scanner can be used either defensively with full range and angle (allowing the user to see all ships or probes that may pose threat), or offensively to gather intel on things that are off grid. This includes getting enemy fleet composition or approximate location of objects.
-The directional scanner is especially important in [[wormholes]]. Since the local chat in them does not automatically show other players the directional scan is the first tool to show activity in system.
-==How it works==
 [[image:Qs_openDscan.jpg|200px|thumb|Directional scanner window with labels.]]
 [[image:Qs Dscan14-360.jpg|440px|thumb|Directional scanner window with labels.]]