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The best way to show the use of the d-scan to locate ships is by example. The next few images were created at High Sec Campus in Amygnon. This is a good place to practice scanning because there are almost always a lot of slow moving ships around. Since every ship, even capsules, has a d-scanner, you can do this exercise yourself ... and this is the best way to learn how it works.

Even if you mostly plan to mine or explore, it is worthwhile at least reading this section. Hostile ships WILL be looking for you, and this is how they do it. If you try it yourself, you will have a better feel for the process and more easily defeat it when it happens to you.

[[File:Qs 01dscanprac.jpg|center|400px]]

[[File:Qs 01dscanprac.jpg|center|400px]][[File:Qs 02dscanprac.jpg|left|200px]]

Let's say a hunter is looking for mining targets. The first thing that he or she does is to enter a system and look at the Overview to find a moon or planet with a number of nearby asteroid belts. In this case Amygnon VIII had three belts with d-scan range.

Let's say a hunter is looking for mining targets. The first thing that he or she does is to enter a system and look at the Overview to find a moon or planet with a number of nearby asteroid belts. In this case Amygnon VIII had three belts with d-scan range. So the hunter warps to the moon.

~~[[File:Qs 02dscanprac.jpg|left|200px]]~~

So the hunter warps to the moon.

[[File:Qs 03dscanprac.jpg|right|300px]]

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[[File:Qs 04dscanprac.jpg|right|400px]]

Using the radial menu (left click on the item and choose the scanner icon), the hunter points the scanner at each asteroid belt and takes a snapshot.

[[File:Qs 05dscanprac.jpg|left|400px]]

The first scan is empty (''and not shown here''). The second scan shows three ships: a skiff, a miasmos and a moa. Keep in mind that the scanner is finding ALL visible ships in its range, and since there some stations nearby, ships docking and undocking will show up in the scan. On the other hand, the skiff is a mining vessel, and likely to be in the asteroid belt.

[[File:Qs 06dscanprac.jpg|right|400px]]

[[File:Qs 06dscanprac.jpg|~~left~~|400px]]

So the hunter warps to that belt. At this point, the skill shows up in the Overview at a distance of 124K and can be targeted.

[[File:Qs 07dscanprac.jpg|left|400px]]

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 The best way to show the use of the d-scan to locate ships is by example. The next few images were created at High Sec Campus in Amygnon. This is a good place to practice scanning because there are almost always a lot of slow moving ships around. Since every ship, even capsules, has a d-scanner, you can do this exercise yourself ... and this is the best way to learn how it works.
+Even if you mostly plan to mine or explore, it is worthwhile at least reading this section. Hostile ships WILL be looking for you, and this is how they do it. If you try it yourself, you will have a better feel for the process and more easily defeat it when it happens to you.
-[[File:Qs 01dscanprac.jpg|center|400px]]
+[[File:Qs 01dscanprac.jpg|center|400px]][[File:Qs 02dscanprac.jpg|left|200px]]
-Let's say a hunter is looking for mining targets. The first thing that he or she does is to enter a system and look at the Overview to find a moon or planet with a number of nearby asteroid belts. In this case Amygnon VIII had three belts with d-scan range.
+Let's say a hunter is looking for mining targets. The first thing that he or she does is to enter a system and look at the Overview to find a moon or planet with a number of nearby asteroid belts. In this case Amygnon VIII had three belts with d-scan range. So the hunter warps to the moon.
-[[File:Qs 02dscanprac.jpg|left|200px]]
-So the hunter warps to the moon.
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 [[File:Qs 03dscanprac.jpg|right|300px]]
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 [[File:Qs 04dscanprac.jpg|right|400px]]
 Using the radial menu (left click on the item and choose the scanner icon), the hunter points the scanner at each asteroid belt and takes a snapshot.
 [[File:Qs 05dscanprac.jpg|left|400px]]
+The first scan is empty (''and not shown here''). The second scan shows three ships: a skiff, a miasmos and a moa. Keep in mind that the scanner is finding ALL visible ships in its range, and since there some stations nearby, ships docking and undocking will show up in the scan. On the other hand, the skiff is a mining vessel, and likely to be in the asteroid belt.
+[[File:Qs 06dscanprac.jpg|right|400px]]
-[[File:Qs 06dscanprac.jpg|left|400px]]
+So the hunter warps to that belt. At this point, the skill shows up in the Overview at a distance of 124K and can be targeted.
 [[File:Qs 07dscanprac.jpg|left|400px]]