Posted by: Steve Walmsley
« on: May 04, 2012, 03:40:24 PM »You can't get research information from enemy ships by scanning them with active sensors. That used to be the case but it was removed several versions ago.
You can't get research information from wrecks by scanning them with active sensors. However, when you salvage a wreck you may get research information from it, either directly at the point of salvage or by disassembling any components you recover. If you gain research information directly from a wreck, your salvage ship will download it to any population with a research facility. If there is no such population in the current system, the salvage ship will retain the data until it enters a system with a research facility. When you disassemble components, that research information will be allocated to the population at which the component is disassembled. Therefore it is a good idea to disassemble components at a population with research facilities.
Steve
You can't get research information from wrecks by scanning them with active sensors. However, when you salvage a wreck you may get research information from it, either directly at the point of salvage or by disassembling any components you recover. If you gain research information directly from a wreck, your salvage ship will download it to any population with a research facility. If there is no such population in the current system, the salvage ship will retain the data until it enters a system with a research facility. When you disassemble components, that research information will be allocated to the population at which the component is disassembled. Therefore it is a good idea to disassemble components at a population with research facilities.
Steve