skoormit wrote on Fri, 29 May 2015 10:25

(Assuming you mean the SS fleet.)
The scanner is not useless. It still has its own chance of seeing the fleet. In this case, it will spot the fleet when it is <= 25ly from the planet.

That is how I thought it would be too, but I don't think it is actually what the manual says. Anyone who can verify it?
And here for the followup-question:
When does the minefield "scan" ships? Before or after sweeping? If a fleet enters a minefield and sweeps it, will the minefield be able to detect it if it is at the minefield's edge?
(And if a minefield cannot scan it's edge, it would be consistent with observations that the scanner is still useful, as most of the time a fleet sweeps so that it is never IN the minefield, but does not answer the question of if it is useless against a fleet INSIDE a minefield)