It's mandatory if you want to support an Anarchy faction by bounty hunting (but you need to be careful where you sell the bounties for the other factions)
And generally good to get some extra credits and get better rep with more factions at the same time
And/or if you want to support a faction that is not the ruling one.
I know what you mean.
I don't play BGS or anything like that. I'm a mercenary, and I play where I'm most profitable every time. I will really get a lot more money.
If so, get one*, engineer it to G5 Fast scan and bind it along with either primary or secondary target, so you kws the target as you scan it.
Else, if you intend to probe clean ships, you need a separate bind/trigger
*(G5 D-rated means close to 2km range, which is usually enough)
I'm sorry I must not have made myself clear.
I already know how to use it. I'm interested in the need for it. Right now I'm killing pirates on the lighthouse (current CG) and getting an average of 500,000. Using the scanner I will get 1 000 000 ?
You will get additional bounties from other factions. Not sure if it will double your income.
After almost 100 billion credits in bounty claims, I can say that the Kill Warrant Scanner very much averages 1/3 extra.
As an interesting aside, I actually used this 3:1 ratio in Horizons when I wanted to measure a specific amount of bounty claims; I know that the number reported by a Fleet Carrier is 80% of what I will actually get. This is because that number is 3 parts local to 1 part foreign, but those 3 local parts will be worth 4 when claimed at a local Starport, hence the Carrier is reporting effectively 4 out of 5.
As an interesting aside, I actually used this 3:1 ratio in Horizons when I wanted to measure a specific amount of bounty claims; I know that the number reported by a Fleet Carrier is 80% of what I will actually get. This is because that number is 3 parts local to 1 part foreign, but those 3 local parts will be worth 4 when claimed at a local Starport, hence the Carrier is reporting effectively 4 out of 5.
Was going to say it used to do about 1.25x-1.5x but it's been so long since I cared about it I couldn't be sure that was still accurate.