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Bioscan
Bioscanning is a ability available to the [[Brynhild Class Escort|Brynhild]], [[Pawn Class Baseship|Pawn]], and [[Cobol Class Research Cruiser|Cobol]] starships. These ships can pick up native life (or lack thereof) and temperature on planets not already owned by the bioscanner's owner.
The Cobol, Pawn and Brynhild class starships are capable of detecting native life on all planets not already owned by the owner of the bioscanner. If the starship's mission is sensor sweep this ability will automatically be activated. The range of the bioscanner is the same as the sensor sweep range, which is host-configurable with a default of 200 lightyears.


The bioscanners on the Cobol and Brynhild are able to lock onto about 20% of all planets in range per turn. The bioscanner on the Pawn will scan 100% of all planets within range. The bioscan mission will report the race and number of natives (if any) that are living on a planet, as well as planet's temperature. If there aren't any natives on the planet, the bioscan message will inform of the planet's temperature and state there are no natives on the planet.
The range of bioscanning is the same as sensor sweep's range, which defaults to 200 lightyears.


:<<< BIO SCANNER >>>
The [[Brynhild Class Escort|Brynhild]] and [[Cobol Class Research Cruiser|Cobol]] will lock onto and attempt to scan about 20% of the planets within range. The [[Pawn Class Baseship|Pawn]] possess an advanced bioscanner, which is capable of scanning ''all'' planets within range. An example report is shown below from Planets 3.
:FROM: Brynhild scanner
:ID # 146
:Bio Scanners show
:Reptilian
:On : Cephei 198
:Planet ID# 198
:Sensors show
:1013500 lifeforms
:Climate = 23


The bioscanner will not tell you which race, if any, owns the planet. Twenty or more defense outposts will shield a planet from the bioscanners. Planets with less than 20 defenseposts will not be blocked from bioscanners. The Evil Empire is able to cause bio scanners to return false readings: whatever type of natives are living on the planet, they will be reported as Amorphous. The amount of natives and the temperature will be reported correctly. The Evil Empire can not fool the bioscanners of ships belonging to the Rebels, it is unknown why.
<pre>
<<< BIO SCANNER >>>
FROM: Brynhild scanner
ID # 146
Bio Scanners show
Reptilian
On : Cephei 198
Planet ID# 198
Sensors show
1013500 lifeforms
Climate = 23
</pre>


As with any mission, bioscanning requires for the ship to have fuel onboard. Bioscanning itself does not burn fuel.
Bioscanning does not tell you which race, if any, owns the planet. Twenty or more defense outposts will shield a planet from bioscanning.
 
The Evil Empire is able to fake bio scan reports: whatever type of natives are living on the planet, they will be reported as Amorphous. The amount of natives and the temperature will be reported correctly. However, this ability does not affect bioscanners belonging to the Rebels.
 
Bioscanning requires that the ship has at least 1kT of fuel, although no fuel is actually burned.
 
[[Category:Hull Functions]]

Revision as of 18:16, 1 June 2011

Bioscanning is a ability available to the Brynhild, Pawn, and Cobol starships. These ships can pick up native life (or lack thereof) and temperature on planets not already owned by the bioscanner's owner.

The range of bioscanning is the same as sensor sweep's range, which defaults to 200 lightyears.

The Brynhild and Cobol will lock onto and attempt to scan about 20% of the planets within range. The Pawn possess an advanced bioscanner, which is capable of scanning all planets within range. An example report is shown below from Planets 3. 

<<< BIO SCANNER >>>
FROM: Brynhild scanner
ID # 146
Bio Scanners show
Reptilian
On : Cephei 198
Planet ID# 198
Sensors show
1013500 lifeforms
Climate = 23

Bioscanning does not tell you which race, if any, owns the planet. Twenty or more defense outposts will shield a planet from bioscanning.

The Evil Empire is able to fake bio scan reports: whatever type of natives are living on the planet, they will be reported as Amorphous. The amount of natives and the temperature will be reported correctly. However, this ability does not affect bioscanners belonging to the Rebels.

Bioscanning requires that the ship has at least 1kT of fuel, although no fuel is actually burned.

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