I'm trying to unlock Tiana Fortune so I need to donate 50 x "Decoded Emission Data" (DED). Basic investigation says I can get these by scanning military ships (Python, Anaconda, etc) in CZ's or HazRes areas. I had about 18 of these that had accumulated over the life of my account. (Never needed them and usually trim my Data to about 20 units each when necessary)...
So I spent 4-5 hours in a local CZ (my home system is in Civil War) and NEVER accumulated any more "DED". I started by coming in neutral and scanning everybody (esp the larger military ships). That not resulting in anything, I just started declaring and collecting combat bonds (might as well get SOMETHING accomplished). But still, no DED...
So, after a while, I flew off to a HazRes a couple of jumps away. Flew around there scanning ships, eventually took a few bounties, but still NO DED!
I did read somewhere that someone thought allied ships MIGHT not be a good source for scanned data. (I was Allied with BOTH sides in my local CZ, but NONE in the HazRes...) So, I flew off to another CZ a couple of jumps away. As it worked out I was friendly or allied with one of the factions but not the other. Played/scanned for a while, but again, NO DED!
I spent enough time in multiple CZ's to +1 my combat rank (and +1 my SLF NPC) but absolutely NO DED! So my question is this:
* Does the scanning (targeting) of allied ships actually result in a complete loss (or decrease) of data emissions? I notice that when I target/scan an allied ship, I get back the ship info instantly. However, when I target/scan a neutral/unrelated ship I get the spinning scan icon until the info is resolved. Could it be that the ability to gain scanned data emissions is somehow dependent on the "spinning icon" process?
TLDR: Are we better off scanning "unrelated" ships if we are looking for data emissions?
So I spent 4-5 hours in a local CZ (my home system is in Civil War) and NEVER accumulated any more "DED". I started by coming in neutral and scanning everybody (esp the larger military ships). That not resulting in anything, I just started declaring and collecting combat bonds (might as well get SOMETHING accomplished). But still, no DED...
So, after a while, I flew off to a HazRes a couple of jumps away. Flew around there scanning ships, eventually took a few bounties, but still NO DED!
I did read somewhere that someone thought allied ships MIGHT not be a good source for scanned data. (I was Allied with BOTH sides in my local CZ, but NONE in the HazRes...) So, I flew off to another CZ a couple of jumps away. As it worked out I was friendly or allied with one of the factions but not the other. Played/scanned for a while, but again, NO DED!
I spent enough time in multiple CZ's to +1 my combat rank (and +1 my SLF NPC) but absolutely NO DED! So my question is this:
* Does the scanning (targeting) of allied ships actually result in a complete loss (or decrease) of data emissions? I notice that when I target/scan an allied ship, I get back the ship info instantly. However, when I target/scan a neutral/unrelated ship I get the spinning scan icon until the info is resolved. Could it be that the ability to gain scanned data emissions is somehow dependent on the "spinning icon" process?
TLDR: Are we better off scanning "unrelated" ships if we are looking for data emissions?
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