EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi all,

So I have begun exploration missions and I have just accepted a Data Site scanning mission (3 of 5) in Deepari II.

this is my briefing;

Data Site Scanning (3 of 5)

Mission briefing
Now you'll start scanning for each type of Cosmic Signature, something you can only do by using Core Scanner Probes.

First up is a Data site, and that means you need to fit to your ship the Civilian Data Analyzer you picked up earlier. Scan down the site with your Scanner Probes, find the container inside and hack it open with the Data Analyzer, then bring the results back to me. Your loot from Data sites will be useful for invention – a research process that produces blueprints for advanced Tech II ships and modules.

I have launched my probes near Deepari II but I do not know how to scan the results to find this container. I have fitted the Civilian Data Analyzer to my ship.

Whilst there's probably a good tutorial or two out there on Youtube, I'm going to try my hand at explaining it using a couple of hastily edited screen grabs;

#1 https://i.imgur.com/BSGEj0q.png

If you haven't already, hit that little icon, the left of the 3 segments that pops up opens the probe scanner (or just hit alt-p).

#2 https://i.imgur.com/wRburpL.png

Now, something that I always do is use the "Pinpoint" probe formation, it basically clusters the probes up for you and (from my experience) lets you scan practically everything you can get a lock on (skill limits not-withstanding). Hit that, then (assuming you have your probes launched) open up the map as indicated.

#3 https://i.imgur.com/clLxHjA.png

Now, I just took these screenshots from a random system, but as you'll be in a career agent system, you'll have a lot more Cosmic Anomalies/Signatures on the list. The blue spheres are your probes and the area they will cover once you hit the "Analyze" button, to move them simply drag them using up/down/left/right arrows, or you can do so via dragging them via the cube in the centre. If the arrows aren't showing up, hit left-shift once or twice.

Once you have them in a position similar to what I've shown above (it works on a 3D basis, so swivel the camera to make sure you aren't scanning above/below etc), hit Analyze, after a few seconds you'll be given a signal strength on the Cosmic Signature. You may find that you need to move the probes to cover the 'dot'. To get a 100% reading, you will typically need to narrow your probes down to increase the signal strength; to adjust the amount that they cover, simply drag any of the spheres on the outer edge (it can be a bit fiddly), and shrink the amount step by step, for example 8 AU -> 4, then 4 -> 2.

The only other thing that I can think of is that if you're having trouble focusing on scanning down 1 particular site, click it on the signature list in the probe scanner window, it should clear the other sigs/anoms off the map. Anyway, hope that helps.

Ah ok this all makes sense now. Many thanks for all the advice. It seems the problem was that I wasn't targeting the container. Such a simple thing to miss and yet makes all the difference.

So much to learn but I am liking this (and the community)

Its funny you should mention that lol. I have just been given a dual light beam laser and took a mission to try it out. However apparently I need a crystal to activate it??? I have a lot of angry ships outside of my station who want to put holes in me and I need to figure out how to get one of these crystals. Any ideas?

Feeling rather stupid at the moment haha

lol I forgot to load the weapon