Can anyone tell me what an Echo Locator does?

[opazed]

I found this echo locator and it keeps telling me that i should scan it with E,but every planet i go to says no <something> . How can i find a planet that it is useful for?

[Krash Megiddo]

The locator locates a sentinel camp on corrupted worlds in a dissonant system. Your planet might not have any camps to locate.

Use the economy scanner in you starship to scan for trading posts. No trading post = no camps on that planet.

[opazed]

How do you use the economy scanner? I have one, but never understanded how to use it?

[Krash Megiddo]

Jump in your ship. Use the quick menu (X) to pull up "Utilities". Economy scanner should be the default utility.

[lordoftheapes79]

Originally posted by opazed:

How do you use the economy scanner? I have one, but never understanded how to use it?

The only active thing an economy scanner actually adds is that you can now scan for trading posts from your ship in the quick menu. The main use for the economy scanner is that you can now see more information on the galaxy map when looking at new star systems to visit.

[Langkard]

To be a bit more specific, the economy scanner will show one, two, or three asterisks when you look at an inhabited star system on the galaxy map. This indicates the strength of the economy. Three asterisk systems have a better chance of S-level things including ships, freighters you save from pirate attacks, and upgrade modules.

[opazed]

Good to know! I play this game for several years now, but never knew there was actually an active part of the economy scanner

[6Taylor4]

Originally posted by opazed:

Good to know! I play this game for several years now, but never knew there was actually an active part of the economy scanner

I've been in this game since it first released, and I find out new things all the time. For instance, only recently did I figure out in ancient ruins you should always dig up everything; never occurred to me! Also, I never used the economy scanner improvements, didn't realize you could do that. What a great game!

[opazed]

Originally posted by 6Taylor4:

For instance, only recently did I figure out in ancient ruins you should always dig up everything; never occurred to me! What a great game!

We are not all that adventurous; that's why we play these games instead of walking to nature ourselfs or flying in space

[Geldric™]

To be clear, the economy scanner has nothing to do with Echo locators/Sentinel ships.

On the star map, the description of the system will list: “Dissonant”

Jump to any system with Dissonant in its description(1). Once you have arrived, activate the Echo locator… it will either give you a “no locations found” message or an icon to the surface of a planet where you will find a Harmonic camp. Unlock the station by solving the math puzzle. Check the free multi-tool & fly to the “Dissonance Spike” (ship).

It’s of course all RNG but in my experience you’ll get a bad system (meaning nothing found) about 1 out of 10 times

(1) You don’t need anything installed in your ship to see the description text.

[Krash Megiddo]

Hey Geldric, let me know if you find a planet with camps and interceptors with no trading post

[Geldric™]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Hey Geldric, let me know if you find a planet with camps and interceptors with no trading post

I will indeed keep an eye out. That Abandoned system DOES have Trade Outposts..
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2976776763
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2976778456

[lordoftheapes79]

Originally posted by Geldric:

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Hey Geldric, let me know if you find a planet with camps and interceptors with no trading post

I will indeed keep an eye out. That Abandoned system DOES have Trade Outposts..
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2976776763
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2976778456

um, but I don't see any npcs, and that's actually "supposed" to be the tell. abandoned systems DO have trading posts, there just isn't anyone there.

[Geldric™]

Right... and a common misconception was that Abandoned systems did NOT have Interceptors <- which is false, since I found both a camp and ship on this planet

[lordoftheapes79]

Originally posted by Geldric:

Right... and a common misconception was that Abandoned systems did NOT have Interceptors <- which is false, since I found both a camp and ship on this planet

Double right. I pointed that same thing out on another thread lol I realize I wasn't clear, I was just pointing out that the trading post will still be there. After reading thru the entire thread, it looked like there was some confusion there.

[Krash Megiddo]

Very interesting!