Scanning
What to know
To scan another ship, turn on your ships scanner (Default Bind V.) Align the ship or rock with your crosshairs and hold down left click to scan. The closer you are to the target, the more information is visible Key sections include Targeted Scanning, Zooming in While Scanning, and Related Careers.
To scan another ship, turn on your ships scanner (Default Bind V.) Align the ship or rock with your crosshairs and hold down left click to scan. The closer you are to the target, the more information is visible
To zoom in on a specific object like a rock, use the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the size that your scanner focuses on. This can be useful if there is more then 1 object from where you are tying to scan.
Targeted Scanning
To scan another ship, turn on your ships scanner (Default Bind V.) Align the ship or rock with your crosshairs and hold down left click to scan. The closer you are to the target, the more information is visible
Zooming in While Scanning
To zoom in on a specific object like a rock, use the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the size that your scanner focuses on. This can be useful if there is more then 1 object from where you are tying to scan.
- +: + Characters Name Time (s) Percentage (%)
- Armor: 4 40
- Affiliation: 2 20
- Shield Health: 2 20
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- + Ships: Name Time (s) Percentage (%)
- Ship Type: 2 20
- Hull Health: 2 20
- Owner: 4 40
- Pilot: 6 60
- Passenger Capacity: 4 40
- Passenger Total: 6 60
- Passenger Type: 8 80
- Wanted*: - -
- Status*: - -
- + Channel Levels**: Name Time (s) Percentage (%)
- Shield: 2 20
- Cockpit: 2 20
- Passengers: 2 20
- Turret: 4 40
- Gun: 4 40
- Missiles: 4 40
- Countermeasures: 4 40
- PowerPlant: 4 40
- Engine: 4 40
- Radar: 4 40
- FuelTank: 4 40
- Radiator: 4 40
* These values were seen at 5:55(citation 1) and the other values were missing.
** [Speculation] As scanning commenced the number of channels listed increased. These values seem to be associated with ship systems.
Related Careers
Combat, Policing, Smuggling, Mining, Exploration.
- +: Profession Relation
- Bounty Hunting: Scan ships to identify crew.
- Smuggling: Know how to hide items of interest.
- Spying: Avoid being detected.
- Scouting: Jump ahead to inform fleet.
Related Ships
Utility specific mounts to increase scanning capabilities.
- +: Ship Crew Equipment
- Terrapin: 2 Not Listed
- Freelancer DUR: 2 Long Range Scanner
- Constellation Aquila: 4 Long Range Scanner
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