Signature Strength
In order to calculate signature strengths, the first thing to determine is the Probe Sensor Strength.
Probe Sensor Strength
Probe Sensor Strength is determined by multiplying the probes' Base Sensor Strength with the Sensor Strength Multiplier.
| Sensor Strength Multiplier(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Bonus | Notes |
| Ship | Racial Scanning Frigate | 25.0% | 5% per skill level |
| Covert Ops | 50.0% | 10% per skill level | |
| Strategic Cruiser with Emergent Locus Analyzer | 50.0% | 10% per skill level | |
| Skills | Astrometric Rangefinding | 50.0% | 10% per skill level |
| Probes | Sisters probes | 10.0% | |
| RSS Core Scanner Probes | 12.5% | ||
| Probe Launcher | T2 Launcher | 5.0% | |
| Sisters Launcher | 10.0% | ||
| Rigs | Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I | 10.0% | |
| Gravity Capacitor Upgrade II | 15.0% | ||
| 2 × Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I | 21.0% | ||
| Implants | 'Prospector' AR-802 | 2.0% | |
| 'Prospector' AR-806 | 6.0% | ||
| 'Prospector' AR-810 | 10.0% | ||
| Faction implants | Low-grade Virtue | up to 33.83% | varies per implant |
So, a maximum skilled capsuleer with 'Prospector' AR-810 implant and a full Low-grade Virtue set plugged in, fllying in a Covert-ops frigate which has been improved with 2 Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I rigs, using RSS Core Scanner Probes launched from a Sisters Core Probe Launcher has the maximum Probe Sensor Strength of 198.39
Signature Strength
Each cosmic signature has a Signature Strength. The maximum Signal Strength picked up by your scan probes is determinded by the formula:
- maximum Signal Strength = Signature Strength × Probe Sensor Strength × Probe Multiplier
| where: | ||
| Signature Strength | is site specific, | |
| Probe Sensor Strength | is described above, | |
| Probe Multiplier | is 0.25 when using a single probe*). | |
| For each step above the probes minimum radius (= maximum strength), the maximum Signal Strength is devided by 2 | ||
The actual, Reported Signal Strength is commonly lower than the maximum. This is due to the probes not being at optimal angles to the target signature and/or the scan probe deviation.
*) This value is leftover from when a maximum of 4 probes where used to determine the Reported Signal Strength and had a combined Probe Multiplier of 1. Since then, the algorithm used by the game has been updated, the Probe Multiplier for a single probe is still 0.25.