Ability

Zero Company Astromech enhanced scanner

An astromech scan that makes enemies easier for the whole squad to hit.

Retail-reported

Confidence: Strongly supported
Verified: 1 September 2026
Version: Pre-release evidence, plus retail launch-build ability cards (August 2026)

What it does

Scans the battlefield, raising the squad's hit chance against the enemies it reveals.

Belongs to: Astromechs
Cost: Action Points
Ultimate: No
Tags: information, critical-setup, advantage-generator

Focus Tree

Every rank, and what each one changes

Focus Points buy these steps in order. Several change what the ability does rather than making it bigger, so the last row is worth reading before committing to the first.

Retail-reportedRetail 1.0 exotic-class tables, August 2026 — per-tier values, no costs, one source

The ladder carries its own evidence, and it is weaker than the ability’s. EA published what each ability does at its first rank; guide writers read the rest off the shipped game’s Focus Tree. Nothing here has been reproduced by this site, and no source has published what any rank costs.

Rank	What it does
Tier 1	Effective Range 14.0m
Tier 2	Effective Range 16.0m
Tier 3	Effective Range 18.0m
Tier 4	Effective Range 20.0m
Tier 5	Effective Range 22.0m
Tier 6	Effective Range 24.0m; each target has a chance to be made Vulnerable

Build value

Why it matters when you are planning a squad

A squad-wide accuracy buff compounds with everything: more landed attacks means more damage and more Advantage, since the squad gains one every time an Operator damages an enemy. It is the clearest illustration of why astromechs are force multipliers rather than damage dealers — the droid contributes nothing to the kill count and improves every other Operator's.

Astromechs's other abilities

Sources

Is Z-COM our new X-COM? Star Wars Zero Company gameplay deep dive
ChristopherOdd · Tier 3 — Hands-on preview · accessed 11 August 2026
Supports: 2:13–13:51 — Sweeping Salvo at 4 Advantage with three uses per mission; Hawks granting an ally 1 AP for 3 Advantage; Combat Recon granting 1 Advantage per unit scanned; the Grit Talent's stacking invulnerability; Heavy attacks taunting; the droideka ray shield; the Scout's Spotted status; Defense as flat damage reduction
All Star Wars Zero Company Focus Trees and Skills
Hack the Minotaur · Tier 3 — Retail review · accessed 1 September 2026
Supports: Every Focus Tree in one index, with a per-tier table for each ability. Jedi Padawan — Shockwave (Ultimate) "Drive the Force outward in a focused burst, dealing Force Damage and Pushing nearby enemies back. Costs 6 Advantage", six tiers of "18 Base DMG; Area Effect 5.0m" rising to "30 Base DMG; Area Effect 5.0m; Gain Harmony for each enemy hit"; Push (Standard) "Forcefully Pushes an enemy in the chosen direction, dealing Force Damage. +4 Impact damage for each object struck. Costs 1 AP", six tiers of 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, "18 Base DMG; also Disorients"; Nobel Stance (Final Action) "Increase Deflection by defending in place against Blaster Attacks... Increases Deflection Chance by +10% for each AP used", Cannot Upgrade; Padawan Training (Passive) five tiers "+30% Deflection Chance", "Movement +1.0m", "+10% Melee Critical Chance", "Equip a second Meditation", "Equip a third Meditation"; Move With The Force (Passive) "Tel-Rea can execute Vertical Jumps without climbing or using a ladder", Cannot Upgrade; and the fixed Talent Strong with the Force at five tiers, 2 stacks of Harmony rising to 6. Mandalorian Warrior — ElectroWeb Surge (Ultimate) "Costs 4 Advantage", six tiers 12 to 18 Base DMG; ElectroWeb Dart (Standard) "Costs 2 Advantage", six tiers of Effective Range 14.0m rising to 24.0m; Ruthless (Passive) five tiers "+2 Critical Damage" to "+6 Critical Damage"; Mandalorian Armor Training (Passive) "Cly gains base defense of 3 and a Jetpack, allowing her to execute free vertical transitions", Cannot Upgrade; and the fixed Talent Combat Jump at four tiers, "Jump up to 14m", 17m, 20m, "Jump up to 23m; inflicts 4 stacks of Burning". Astromech — Coordinated Support (Ultimate) "Grant all Operators 1 AP (Operators cannot have more than 3 AP)", six tiers costing 10 Advantage falling to 6 and granting 2 AP at tier 6; Enhanced Scanners (Standard) "All effected enemies are Scanned, negating all Defense and making those enemies easier to hit. Costs 1 AP", six tiers of Effective Range 14.0m to 24.0m with "Each target has a chance to be made Vulnerable" at tier 6; five passives marked Cannot Upgrade — Extended Storage and Storage Optimization both "All Utility Items that have limited uses can be used +1 additional time", Improved Motors "+1.0m Movement", Hardened Frame "+2 Defense", Built-in Thrusters "jump vertically without restrictions"; and the fixed Talent Built-In Comlink at three tiers, "+1 AP; 1 per turn", "2 per turn", "Unlimited". The eight standard Specialization tables reproduce the per-class guides already registered above. No Focus Point cost is given for any node. Bylined Hack The Minotaur

Costs, and why most are blank

A cost is recorded here only where a source states one. Most abilities have been named without one, and an inferred number would be indistinguishable from a measured one on the page — so the field says “not published” instead.

Every named ability

Build around it

The Squad Builder knows which abilities compete for the shared Advantage pool, and says so before you commit a slot to two that do.

Open the Squad Builder

Editor’s note

Whether this is the same system as the Scout's Spotted status, or a separate effect that happens to do a similar job, is not clear from the footage. The name is transcribed from a previewer's spoken commentary, not read off the game's UI. Treat the effect as better evidenced than the label, and confirm the spelling against the retail build. Priced and laddered 2026-09-01, and the card is more specific than "easier to hit": the scan **negates all Defense** on every enemy it catches. That is a different and larger claim than an accuracy buff — Defense is flat damage reduction here, so a scanning astromech does for the whole squad what Electro Web Surge does for one Operator, every turn, for 1 Action Point. The row buys range, 14 metres to 24, with a chance of Vulnerable at the sixth tier. The Scout question stays open and gets sharper rather than closing: Combat Recon's row also buys range over six tiers and also ends around 24 metres, so the two abilities look more alike than they did, and nothing published says whether they apply the same status. The card names it Enhanced Scanners. This record's descriptive name is left alone for the same reason as Force Push's — a slug is a promise — and the in-game name is recorded here.