Will scans reveal which pilots are real and which ones are NPCs?asked by Wildshot

That's a good question. I've said in the past before that I'd be cool for you not to know who is an NPC and who is a player character from a distance. I definitely think you'll know once you get close and scan. This is because the whole idea of getting an identifier number (like a handle) is to identify who that player is. And so if you get one and it's a real player, then it's a real player, and if you get one that isn't a player, then it'll be an NPC. So I think scanners will reveal which are real and which are NPCs, but that'd be a more in-depth scan – from a distance, you might not know.