Guardian Data Scan help needed

[tagos]

Hi

I know this is a stupid wuestion but an hour of googling has left me none the wiser.

I need the alpha, epsilon etc data scans to unlock Guardian tech like the FSD booster. I understand I need to scan obelisks but do I need to be carrying the correct ancient items or does just scanning without items work?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Cymoril]

Just scan them, you don't need anything in your hold for the data.

 

[Rat Catcher]

Hi

I know this is a stupid wuestion but an hour of googling has left me none the wiser.

I need the alpha, epsilon etc data scans to unlock Guardian tech like the FSD booster. I understand I need to scan obelisks but do I need to be carrying the correct ancient items or does just scanning without items work?

Thanks in advance for the help.

If you are on the 'module' planets you can scan the obelisks there for some data, but if you have not done the first of the ram tah missions (the one that pays 111 million Cr) you may not be able to collect enough just from local scans. I had already done the ram tah mission before going after the modules so had plenty of scans already, hopefully someone who hasn't will be able to update that question.

 

[tagos]

Thanks. I haven’t unlocked Ram yet. That mission looked too much of a horrible grind. Will try scanning and see how it goes. Thanks all.