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Without specialized buildings bases are only able to see their direct neighbourhood (2 LY). The Scanner buildings provide a way to extend that sensor range:
- Can scan for objects in space at a distance of about 100 LY (range can be changed via HConfig).
- Can easily detect large fast moving ships, has a harder time detecting and identifying very small and very slow objects.
- Building more than 1 Scanner per base will increase the chance to scan objects within the standard scan range. The number of scanning atempts grows with the square root of the built scanners.
- The scan range of the scanner building cannot be increased by exotic tech.
- Scanners in bases on Asteroid Fields will not increase the scan range.