Scanner	Price	Range	Cargo
Advanced Deep Scanner	0,08 M	15K	2K
Advanced Cargo Scanner	0,27 M	11K	9K
Spyglass Network Scanner*	50 M*	15K*	6K*
Spyglass Scanner	250 M	15K	3,5K
Battleship Scanner	250 M	18K	6K

* Spyglass Network Scanner has been introduced as an official faction perk. The scanner is limited to LH~ official faction ID (100% efficiency) and LH independent ID (90% efficiency). The significantly lower price tag has been proposed to conform to faction closed economy policy. This perk was introduced when technology compatibility plugin was actively limiting high-end scanners to battleships and cruisers only. The perk was meant to give unique edge to the faction ID of having a high-end scanner mountable on a small ship.

All three scanners used to have the same stats, but it changed somewhere during last two years following the deactivation of tech compatibility plugin. The main issue is that current values for high-end scanners make fabled Spyglass Scanner obsolete. There is no reason to pick Spyglass Scanner over Battleship Scanner. Both are open to everyone, cost the same, but the latter is simply better in every possible aspect.

At the same time I do not think that making Spyglass Scanner have better cargo scanning range than Battleship Scanner will really make up for lower scanner range in gameplay terms. Let's be honest, cargo scanning range is almost entirely unimportant. Due to game mechanics the only thing that matters is the scanner range since all contacts under 10K can always be inspected and their ship-class can be inferred from type of mounts and guns - which is the most important tactical information.

For these reasons we believe that all high-end scanners should have the same identical stats as it was before.

I believe that current balancing of all scanners does not take into consideration how unimportant tactically is the scanning range. Almost everybody is currently using Advanced Deep Scanner or Battleship Scanner if the budget allows it. Advanced Cargo Scanner use is extremely limited for the reasons I already mentioned earlier. If I was to differentiate scanners in terms of cargo and scanning range I would create three high-end scanners, each focused on either range, cargo or balance between the two. However, I would punish the higher range bonus with a significant cargo penalty.

Range focused high-end scanner: 17K (+2) range, 1K (-8) cargo
Balance focused high-end scanner: 16K (+1) range, 5K (-4) cargo
Cargo focused high-end scanner: 15K range, 9K cargo

I think bonuses and stats above would make three different scanners that would simultaneously find use by the players. For each additional 1K of range you loose 4K of cargo scanning. This low cargo scanning will become a reasonable hindrance if you want maximum scanning range. Some people will make a conscious decision to make this sacrifice to still be ahead of their enemies that one step. Probably the biggest group will pick a balanced high-end scanner with decent cargo range and this nice plus one. Still, the cargo scanner will have such a good cargo scanning range that various groups would find it beneficial to use it at pretty much limited hindrance of that 2K lower range.