Kill warrant scanner engineer question

[abrasivewheel]

In colonia doing some bounty hunting but I think I have from the very start of the game never activated the KWS I assume you have to place into a fire group and like the normal
Discovery scanner is not active all the time .can someone please explain how to do this is it like switching between hud modes . And what is the easiest way to go about this .platform is xbox 1 .I know pointing ship at target selected gives wanted status if in a group etc but not other bounties in other systems .I assume this is done by switching between weapon and scan mode like DSS and honking scanner but this is easier as I don't carry weapons on my explorer. I can't believe I have made such a rookie mistake and carried it on up and till now . Also engineer question if I sell my data collected from scanning to an engineer I don't think it's possible to split it between engineers I assume the more data I sell the better the upgrades are or is this irrelevant an example is I have 15 mill in scanned data I sell to felicity I get far more upgrade points than for say 3 mill of data .

 

[Numptynuts]

You need to assign your KWS in a fire group, I have mine assigned to the same one as my primary weapons so that I can scan whilst shooting at the target, a scanning indicator is shown when activated and it takes a few seconds for the scan to complete, a message will pop up confirming the bounty details.

 

[abrasivewheel]

So you scan normally then open up with weapons KWS at the same time or just KWS and weapons I thought you had to be carefully when engaging targets without scanning them first .

 

[KillaALF]

So you scan normally then open up with weapons KWS at the same time or just KWS and weapons I thought you had to be carefully when engaging targets without scanning them first .

Always wait for the basic (=passive) scan to finish first. Once you know that the target is wanted, it is up to you on how to proceed. I used to use the KWS first in a fire group with no weapons assigned, so I did not have to wait for the basic scan to finish and could start the KWS scan while I closed the distance to the target, but now that I have my KWS engineered for fast scan, I start shooting and scanning once that basic scan is done.

 

[Batterby76]

So you scan normally then open up with weapons KWS at the same time or just KWS and weapons I thought you had to be carefully when engaging targets without scanning them first .

You can lock on in combat mode as normal then use kws to get any bounties gained in other systems. You will need to either go to these systems to hand them in or go to intrestellar factors and cash them in. You can find interstellar factors by opening your galaxy map and go to filters and select services then interstellar factors and the systems will be highlighted or you could use INARA to find them

 

[Numptynuts]

I firstly scan the target as normal and if it is a target I want to fight, ie wanted or mission target then at the right time I open fire and KWS at the same time (as my weapons and KWS are in the same fire group) you could set your KWS to fire group 2, so that you can separately use your KWS with the left trigger.

 

[Mythic Centaur]

You can scan 4 ships is 8 seconds with a Fast Warrant Scanner, each scan takes 2 seconds, good for high or haz res extraction sites or even wings