Exploration: Scanning

[Commander Azriel]

you could also mount a DETAILED SURFACE SCANNER, For big earnings in planet/stellar scannings.

Lol, big earning...I wish. It's hard to believe how little it pays, considering the time it takes.

 

[OnePercent]

Misconceptions misconceptions...tsk tsk.

The detailed surface scanner is not the same as advanced discovery scanner.

Basic/intermediate/ advanced discovery scanner do the same thing with encreasing range the more expensive each scanner is. The advanced discovery scanner is infinite range.

The detailed surface scanner only works when you target an object that is "unexplored" the advanced discovery scanner finds "unexplored"when you shoot it like a weapon.

 

[VikMorroHun]

You ca'n't do exploration with some kind of discovery scanner so if that's the choice you're making, the answer is obvious. You cannot use the detailed surface scanner or get a simple analysis of a body without first 'identifying' it with a discovery scanner of some kind. Even that first star, that gets added to your nav list upon entering a system, is dependent upon having at least a basic discovery scanner on your ship.

Thanks for clearing that up. I've been in dozens of systems lately, and couldn't get a simple scan on anything. Thanks to Frontier Developments too, who clearly stated in the item descriptions what is the difference between discovery scanners and surface scanners. Or not.

 

[Obsidian Ant]

You cannot use the detailed surface scanner without having one of the other scanners. The detailed scanner will not work on its own.