Why do so many people bother with the discovery scanner ?

[Tomtomrawr]

I was also wondering this, but you can scan weapons and ID at the furthest range with cargo scanners. I dunno, i'd prefer the cargo cause why'd you need to scan weaponry?

Well, if a ship has parked 9k away from you, it would be useful.

And I always use the Advanced Cargo Scanner anyway, but the Discovery Scanner has it's up and down sides.

you can do that with the cargo scanner...

Yeah, but with a very small range.

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