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===The map and the cone=== | ===The map and the cone=== | ||
The d-scan search begins at your ship and extends out in the shape of a cone. Each scan will produce a report listing the items that it has located. The list will give you only the names and types of the items; not their distance, or coordinates, or any other data. | The d-scan search begins at your ship and extends out in the shape of a cone. Each scan will produce a report listing the items that it has located within the cone. The list will give you only the names and types of the items; not their distance, or coordinates, or any other data. | ||
As explained below, you can set the range and width of the cone. The widest search is a sphere. Its report will list any items found anywhere around your ship - but it will not give any directional information. The smallest search is a narrow cone. Its report will list far fewer items than the widest search, but you will know that they lie in the direction of the cone. (This is why it is called a ''directional'' scan.) If the scan is at all narrow, then you have to aim it in the direction that you want to scan. | As explained below, you can set the range and width of the cone. The widest search is a sphere. Its report will list any items found anywhere around your ship - but it will not give any directional information. The smallest search is a narrow cone. Its report will list far fewer items than the widest search, but you will know that they lie in the direction of the cone. (This is why it is called a ''directional'' scan.) If the scan is at all narrow, then you have to aim it in the direction that you want to scan. | ||