Hi all,
How do YOU scan a whole system??? i mean the way of scanning, i know you scan with a scanner
Just wondering how you scan a whole system efficiently.
Do you fly to the closest body and then the next closest and the next ect....
When i do this, sometimes other bodies get so far away i have to backtrack a lot to scan the body.
How do YOU scan???
Note 1: I use a fast G4 DSS upgrade.
Note 2: My left panel has always the asteroids filtered out.
Note 3: If I overshoot a planet, right at the point where it says "slow down" I drop the throttle to zero and dip the nose down until the planet is 90 degrees angle from the ship. The point up again while raising the throttle to 75%.
- Upon reaching the system, scan the star fuel scoop, open system map to check.
- Open the left hand panel, choose the body close, accelerate towards it at max throttle.
- Drop the throttle to 75% when reaching 7s away, keep moving until scan begins, drop throttle to zero.
- Use the left panel to target the next body, rinse and repeat.
Separate process for gas giants:
- Keep the throttle to full until 5s away, then drop to 0. This way the ship slightly overshoots but usually stops right by the gas giant.
- Simply rotate around, pointing at the moons and scan away most of the times without having to move.
Scanning is an almost unconscious process for me at this stage.
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