During the Scanning phase, while your Pilot try to keep your ship safe and to reach the nearby Planet, you can order your Scan officer to scan your destination. Scanning the Planet allows to identify its characteristics like its size, climate, and temperature. Different type of Scans are available, depending on the technology available on your ship.

Your Scan officer skills will determine the speed and and the completeness of each scan. Her/his Signals & Radar (SRT) and Spaceships ranks will determine how fast the scan report will be generated.

• Scan duration = Base time - [ (SRT + Spaceships) / 2 ]

The precision and completeness of the report will be determined by a different set of skills, depending on the type of Scans selected.

During the Scan, the Scan officer will make a test for each Planetary feature matching the range of the selected Scan. For example, in case of PRIMSCAN, the Scan officer will make a test for the basic landscape, the number of regions, and for the landing sites.

Each Planetary feature has a specific difficulty to be detected. These difficulties can be Easy (30), Normal (50), Hard (80) or Elite (120). Note: In the current Alpha version there are no Elite hidden features. Specific elements, like a specific lifeforms, or a specific landing site, may have an individual difficulty higher than the Planet standard difficulty for this feature. For example, in the case of PRIMSCAN, some landing sites may be more difficult to detect than others.

Require: Scanner module
Primary Skill: Signals & Radar (SRT)
Secondary Skills: Piloting, Planetary Expertise, and Awareness

PRIMSCAN is used in order to identify potential landing sites as well as general information regarding the planet.

Detectable Planetary features: basic landscape, number of regions, landing sites. Note the list of detectable planetary features may not be complete and/or may change

Require: Scanner module
Primary Skill: Science
Secondary Skills: Open Mindness, Planetary Expertise, and Signals & Radar (SRT)

CFR is used in order to identify the Research potential of the Planet, as well as the potential lifeforms.

Detectable Planetary features: wildlife species, … Note the list of detectable planetary features may not be complete and/or may change

Require: Scanner module
Primary Skill: Administration
Secondary Skills: Open Mindness, Planetary Expertise, and Signals & Radar (SRT)

CFP is used in order to identify the Profit potential of the Planet, which include identifying the Planet's mineral resources and potential production sites. It requires Administration as Primary skill, and Open Mindness, Planetary Expertise, SRT as Secondary skills.

Detectable Planetary features: mineral resources, … Note the list of detectable planetary features may not be complete and/or may change

Require: Scanner module
Primary Skill: Planetary Expertise
Secondary Skills: Open Mindness, Science, and Signals & Radar (SRT)

CFP is used in order to identify the Habitability potential of the Planet, which include identifying the Planet's characteristics affecting the survival of a human population.

Detectable Planetary features: … Note the list of detectable planetary features may not be complete and/or may change

Require: Ark technology
Primary Skill: Science
Secondary Skills: Open Mindness, Planetary Expertise, and Signals & Radar (SRT)

ARKSCAN is a more efficient version of the CFR scan, reducing the difficulty for each test by -10. It requires Science as Primary skill, and Open Mindness, Planetary Expertise, SRT as Secondary skills.

Detectable Planetary features: wildlife species, … Note the list of detectable planetary features may not be complete and/or may change

Require: Broken Scanner module
Primary Skill: Awareness
Secondary Skills: Science, Planetary Expertise, and Signals & Radar (SRT)

When your Scanner module fails, the Emergency Scan is your last chance to identify potential landing site and information on the planet.

Detectable Planetary features: basic landscape, number of regions, landing sites. Note the list of detectable planetary features may not be complete and/or may change

Require: Tatscan module

Tatscan will not be tested on a Planet in the current version.