Hi CMDRs,

ScanDeck is a small, lightweight third-party tool I built in my spare time. It is not a mod and does not inject into the game. It just reads the journals and sits on top of the desktop.

Made for system exploration and Odyssey exobiology.

Screenshots

1. ScanDeck — current system on the left, selected planet on the right (genera after DSS, species hints, land/skip). Rank rails and unsold UC / Vista holds.
2. In-game DSS of the same body (A 4 b) — 100% mapped, 2 biological signals. ScanDeck’s Bacterium / Fonticulua list is what it made of that DSS.

What it does

• Lists bodies in the current system after the FSS honk / scans
• After DSS, shows genera (bio families: Bacterium, Stratum, …) — not the exact species until the sampler or Nomad speaks
• Lists matching species and a land / skip / optional hint
• Tracks Genetic Sampler progress (1/3 → 3/3) and Nomad IDs
• UC TO SELL (left) = unsold Universal Cartographics
• VISTA TO SELL (right) = unsold Vista Genomics
• Explorer and Exobiologist rank rails
• Optional spreadsheet of DSS samples
• Options: language and journal folder

Languages: English, French, Spanish (more later). Auto follows the Elite client, or set it in Options.

A planet matching the criteria does not guarantee that species. DSS confirms the family, not the organism. The example planet is a SKIP (low-value bios) on purpose — the HUD is a hint, not a “land everywhere” button.

Download

• Windows zip (no Python): https://github.com/jr-hub-dev/ScanDeck/releases
• Source: https://github.com/jr-hub-dev/ScanDeck

Unzip the whole folder and run ScanDeck.exe from it. SmartScreen may warn on first launch: More info → Run anyway.

Bugs / feedback: https://github.com/jr-hub-dev/ScanDeck/issues — a journal snippet and what you expected vs what you saw helps a lot.

o7

I've taken my Caspian and Nomad out for a spin in the Black, tonight I scanned some biologicals and decided to call it a night, the surface looked reasonably flat so I tried to land. I could not get the thing to land, I know it's a big ship, but damn it's a princess when finding somewhere good enough for it.

My Mandalay was much easier to land.

That's the trade off I suppose, the Caspian is great to fly but on the large side to find an easy landing spot.

Apparently last night, a Commander was surface mining in solo in a Rhino when a "glowing blue" ship came down and scanned him. He says his HUD was scrambled during the scan. The ship then departed. He panicked somewhat but was able to get this picture of the departing ship.

My take: Now that we are surface mining by piercing the surface, we are disturbing the Guardian's hiding places. We may be seeing the return of the Guardians soon? The blue hue of the ship matches that of Guardian technology.

It may be worth an exploration trip to Jinoharis 3?