Engineers DSS engineering

[BradHann]

I vaguely recall that there's a pre-engineered DSS available. Is it better than one you engineer on your own? Or, even better, can you add engineering on top of the pre-engineering?

Basically, what's the maximum possible probe radius percent increase you can get?

 

[GroG79]

It is much better. There is no additional engineering.

That said. If you are a little handy with the normal engineered DSS. I would not bother. It might be nice if you are into gas giant scanning.

 

[Northpin]

I vaguely recall that there's a pre-engineered DSS available. Is it better than one you engineer on your own? Or, even better, can you add engineering on top of the pre-engineering?

Basically, what's the maximum possible probe radius percent increase you can get?

Pre-engineered DSS (Human Tech Brokers)

Standard G5 DSS

 

[sinisalo]

I prefer the pre-engineered one, but the difference is minor. Essentially it means you can map a planet with fewer probes, making it easier to get the bonus, but it's not like that is hard to do otherwise. Just a small advantage that is probably worth it if you map a lot of planets.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

The other advantage of the pre-engineered one is that it's in some senses cheaper in materials than the engineering process would be despite being twice as effective - the manufactured materials are much lower-grade, and while it requires more raw materials if you're spending significant time visiting the mapped planets in your SRV they may well be ones you have a big surplus of anyway.

 

[Fnord Velkor]

.... It might be nice if you are into gas giant scanning.

Where, after 10 years, we still have no idea why class II GGs are so much more lucrative than the others.