Long Range scanners.
 

I have long range scanners on some of my ships. It says something about scanning one sector away. How do they work? I don't see anything with them. What are they supposed to see? Is there a button I am missing?

Re: Long Range scanners.
 

If another ship is 1 sector away from you, and doesn't have scanner jammers, you can see all of the components on their ship http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

Re: Long Range scanners.
 

You can also see their supply levels, among other things: in fact, ships you can scan give you access to all the basic information you get from your own ships. Planets cannot be scanned, however.

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A sector is the solar system right?

Re: Long Range scanners.
 

No, one square in the system.

This is kinda confusing because "sector" can mean both
-the part of the galaxy where the game is played, i.e. the map of all systems.
-one square in a system.

Re: Long Range scanners.
 

A sector is a small part of a solar system: it corresponds to the space taken by a planet, a sun, the speed of your vessels, and so on. So, to scan a vessel one sector away, your ships must be right next to the target for the scanning to work.

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Thanks. Boy do I feel stupid. I confused myself. Ok so I have to move real close to spy on the enemy.

Thanks guys.

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Or research higher levels http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif then You can spy on them from a distance, 5 sectors away at most i think.

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I believe there's facility scanners that have system-wide scanners.

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I havn't got the sytem wide ones yet. I am concentrating on weapons and shields to defeat the piundian (Grey cyrstal monsters).

gaining ground, but so slowly. If they other 11 players (All AI) attack I will die. Only 5 of them hate me.