You guys love your scanners. I have a very important question that I need answered.

[Deleted member 110222]

I'm going out with the Christmas Carriers Convoy.

My ship has an ADS, but not a DSS.

Here's what I need to know. With only an ADS equipped, will scanning a planet still reveal the location of any ground bases?

For example one of the new Colonia Highway bases?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Hell Razor5543]

I believe so, as when you jump into a system you haven't scanned the planetary stations still show up in the contacts list.

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Thank you.

 

[Kenneth McGrew]

I'm going out with the Christmas Carriers Convoy.

My ship has an ADS, but not a DSS.

Here's what I need to know. With only an ADS equipped, will scanning a planet still reveal the location of any ground bases?

For example one of the new Colonia Highway bases?

Thank you in advance.

without the DSS you will get roughly 30% less from any exploration credits, also you won't be able to see what materials are available on the surface (i believe)

 

[Edelgard von Rhein]

Planetary bases will only show up as Unexplored on the left-hand nav panel until the planet has been scanned but they will appear in the system map without a detailed surface scan (though I don't think they will appear by name before the scan, you will see their host body marked with the blue lines indicating a surface installation). I do not know if a detailed surface scan is required or if a scan with only a discovery scanner is sufficient to reveal them fully but you would still be able to find them by selecting them from the nav panel.

 

[Deleted member 110222]

without the DSS you will get roughly 30% less from any exploration credits, also you won't be able to see what materials are available on the surface (i believe)

That much I know, and am okay with. I'm not doing this for exploration profit per se, and I can only spare the one internal for scanners.

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Came back to the bubble from the Coalsack, ran some tests.

You do not need a DSS to locate planet-side bases & outposts.

Thank you all, my CCC loadout is final now.

 

[Kneejo]

A thing I discovered today: you don't need a discovery scanner to use a detailed surface scanner. If you have already found the planetary bodies with a discovery scanner or by scanning the nav beacon, you need only a detailed surface scanner to find the material properties of planets and rings.