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Smallest Ship for Combat Scanning ?
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Morte Salutari
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2011-09-12 18:38:48 UTC
Started playing with exploration the last few weeks and got an Anathema up and running with Astrometrics and associated skills to 4.

Now wondering what the smallest ship is I can use to scan for ships and to find out whether Wormhole space is occupied ?


If the Wiki is up to date it has to fit an expanded Probe Launcher using Combat/Deep space Scanner Probes ?
Sugilite
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2011-09-12 18:42:35 UTC
expanded launcher + combat probes.

So pretty much anything that can fit an expanded probe launcher can do it. Like your Anathema.
Aessaya
Independent treasure hunters
#3 - 2011-09-13 03:42:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Aessaya
Well, technically the smallest ship for scanning/exploration is the Zephyr, which is a Shuttle hull size. Too bad those were limited edition and now cost a bit.

Either way, Covert Ops frigates, like your Anathema, are the best ships for scanning, because they get bonuses for scanning. If you're fancy flying a tech2 frigate (don't have skills and/or the iskies), look for a tech1 variant of the hulls, they also have a nice scanning bonus.

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FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#4 - 2011-09-13 03:52:42 UTC
Covert Ops or T3 with the Locus Analyzer sub.

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