Editing Scanning (section)

==Scan Strength==
Your efficiency in scanning is determined by three factors, all seen at the top of the probe window when you have launched your probes. 

The first one is "Scan Strength." A higher scan strength makes it easier and possible to scan down higher levels of signatures. The exact formula used to compute the needed scan strength to scan down a signature is unknown but there are some rules-of-thumb. With 70+ scan strength, most wormholes and combat sites may be scanned down together with most of the exploration sites (even if takes some time). For a dedicated exploration fit, a scan strength of 104+ is needed as that’s the minimum to detect a "Superior Sleeper Cache." Additional scan strength will help you find sites faster, and if you scan more than 200 you may join the [[Scan_Club|Scan Club]].

The second factor is "Scan Deviation." It determines how much off your secondary scan is from the true location. A low scan deviation makes it easier to scan due to less need to move the "Scanning Box" and a possibility of fewer scans.

The last factor is "Scan Duration", the time you need to do a scan cycle, a shorter time makes your scanning faster. This is more an issue with combat scanning (as you want to have your probes is space for a short time so your target doesn’t know they have been scanned), but there are situations in regular exploration when a short scan time is valuable. One such situation is during the special events (for example Yoiul event when there is often a competition to find the HS sites).