Hyper optics/Tachyon sensors

[Fire]

I have a question on the difference between sensors & scanners. What does the long range scanners do that say Hyper Optic or Tachyon sensors cant.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Fire:
I have a question on the difference between sensors & scanners. What does the long range scanners do that say Hyper Optic or Tachyon sensors cant.

Long range scanners are for scanning the components on a ship in the system. The highest level of long range scanners can scan a ship (that does not have a scanner jammer) 5 squares away.

Hyper Optic and Tachyon sensors are for detecting cloaked ships.

[rdouglass]

Originally posted by Fire:
I have a question on the difference between sensors & scanners. What does the long range scanners do that say Hyper Optic or Tachyon sensors cant.

Scanners can scan ships in adjacent sectors out to the ability limit of the component / level. Sensors only work in the immediate sector as the ship containing the sensor.

[Phoenix-D]

Originally posted by rdouglass:

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Originally posted by Fire:
I have a question on the difference between sensors & scanners. What does the long range scanners do that say Hyper Optic or Tachyon sensors cant.

Scanners can scan ships in adjacent sectors out to the ability limit of the component / level. Sensors only work in the immediate sector as the ship containing the sensor.

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Actually sensors have a range of the entire system, and cannot scan the inside of ships just reveal any cloaked ships (which long range scanners don't do)

[rdouglass]

You're right, obviously -

I always looked at 'em from this 'skewed' perspective and it's my own mis-wired brain taking over (too many cheap pharmaceuticals- ).

And (obviously again) I was mistaken...

[Yef]

Great news.
Now I don't need to put a sensor of each kind in my spy satellites.