Long Range scanners.

[Riesig_Bar]

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?

[NullAshton]

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

[Riesig_Bar]

NullAshton said:
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

A sector is the solar system right?

[Alneyan]

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.

[Riesig_Bar]

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

Thanks guys.

[Raging Deadstar]

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

Thanks guys.

Or research higher levels then You can spy on them from a distance, 5 sectors away at most i think.

[Alneyan]

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.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

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.