Collecting data should be transparent, meaning the player only need collect and store the data he or she chooses.
At present, when wake scanning, the data type is revealed and automatically stored on completion of the scan. This has three disadvantages. Firstly, completing the scan takes time. Secondly, because the scanned data is the automatically stored the ship inventory is quickly filled with unwanted data. Thirdly, the player must later to go through the inventory to discard the unwanted data to make room for data that is wanted. These disadvantages are magnified when scanning for certain data types to engineer modules.
A simple improvement would be to display the data type once the scan commences (similar to the USS). This will allow the player to abandon the scan if the data is not wanted and, in turn, save some time in scanning (mildly important), prevent the inventory from being filled with unwanted data (more important) and avoid the player having to manually go through the inventory later to remove the unwanted data to make room for wanted data (most important).
At present, when wake scanning, the data type is revealed and automatically stored on completion of the scan. This has three disadvantages. Firstly, completing the scan takes time. Secondly, because the scanned data is the automatically stored the ship inventory is quickly filled with unwanted data. Thirdly, the player must later to go through the inventory to discard the unwanted data to make room for data that is wanted. These disadvantages are magnified when scanning for certain data types to engineer modules.
A simple improvement would be to display the data type once the scan commences (similar to the USS). This will allow the player to abandon the scan if the data is not wanted and, in turn, save some time in scanning (mildly important), prevent the inventory from being filled with unwanted data (more important) and avoid the player having to manually go through the inventory later to remove the unwanted data to make room for wanted data (most important).