Scanning

Scanning & Probing is a method of finding objects, ships and hidden sites in space. Every ship in Eve has an On-board System Scanner that can be used to search for objects not found on the Overview. Every ship in Eve with the exception of shuttles can fit a Scan Probe Launcher module to launch probes. Probes greatly increase the both the number of types of objects that can be detected and the range a which they can scan.

Skills

• Astrometrics

Scan Equipment

On-board System Scanner

The on-board scanner can be used to find NPC combat sites. These sites have rats appropriate to the systems security status (If this is wrong, edit this, I've never scanned down and looked at nullsec sites.) The on-board scanner can not be used while warping, unlike probes. To find these sites, you simply warp to planets, initiate the scan, and warp to any results. These sites can also be found by probes, and are very easy to scan down with even one probe. They can be distinguished from exploration sites because they do not show up on scans filtered down to cosmic signatures.

Scan Equipment Types

• Core Probe Launcher
• Expanded Probe Launcher
• Core Scanner Probe
• Combat Scanner Probe
• Deep Space Scanner Probe

Faction

• Sisters Core Probe Launcher
• Sisters Expanded Probe Launcher
• Sisters Core Scanner Probe
• Sisters Combat Scanner Probe
• Sisters Deep Space Scanner Probe

Any probe can be used in any launcher with the capacity to load it. Practically, this means an Expanded launcher can launch any probe, and a Core launcher can only launch Core probes. Expanded launchers can also be used to launch moon mining probes.

Scan Bonuses

Skills

• Astrometric Acquisition
• Astrometric Pinpointing
• Astrometric Rangefinding

Ship Equipment

Rigs

• Gravity Capacitor Upgrade

Ships

Tier 1 (T1) Frigates

• Magnate (Amarr)
• Heron (Caldari)
• Imicus (Gallente)
• Probe (Minmatar)

Tier 2 (T2) CovOps

• Anathema (Amarr)
• Buzzard (Caldari)
• Helios (Gallente)
• Cheetah (Minmatar)

Cruisers

• Legion (Amarr) utilizing Emergent Locus Analyzer
• Tengu (Caldari) utilizing Emergent Locus Analyzer
• Proteus (Gallente) utilizing Emergent Locus Analyzer
• Loki (Minmatar) utilizing Emergent Locus Analyzer

Scanning & Probing Techniques and Tricks

• Holding Shift modifies all active probes at once.

This is VERY useful for setting range on all probes at once.

• Scan Probe Placement (With 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 probes).

You can find any site with just 4 probes, assuming you have enough sensor strength. If the site is too weak, you can pile on additional probes and it may work.

• Quick Scans (With or without Deep Space Probes).

Deep space probes are primarily useful in very huge system. However, they are very weak, making them less useful than other probes for finding anything but deep-safe-spotted ships in very large systems.