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Operations in space cannot be well served by looking out of a glass window. Instead, like in the current day, we have numerous detection and scanning tools that can be employed for our nefarious purposes. Each scanner type has a specific use and application, which can be further modified by adjusting their size and resolution. | Operations in space cannot be well served by looking out of a glass window. Instead, like in the current day, we have numerous detection and scanning tools that can be employed for our nefarious purposes. Each scanner type has a specific use and application, which can be further modified by adjusting their size and resolution. | ||
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| + | ==Active Sensors== | ||
| + | Active sensors which currently (v4.91) consist of grav pulse sensors allow a ship to detect other ships equal to or above it's stated resolution size within it's stated range. The tradeoff is that progressively stronger active sensors can themselves be detected by passive EM sensors, which can prove a serious tactical vulnerability. | ||
==Thermal Sensors== | ==Thermal Sensors== | ||
| + | Passive sensors that detect thermal signatures such as Engines, reactors and colony activity. | ||
==EM Sensors== | ==EM Sensors== | ||
| + | Passive sensors that detect EM signatures. These can be used to detect ship shields, Active Sensors and the presence of colonies on a planet. [[Beam Warships]] shows how these work in relation to ship design. | ||
==Geological Sensors== | ==Geological Sensors== | ||
These generate Geo Survey points, which is used to determine environmental and mineral properties of a stellar body | These generate Geo Survey points, which is used to determine environmental and mineral properties of a stellar body | ||
Revision as of 17:01, 10 February 2010
Operations in space cannot be well served by looking out of a glass window. Instead, like in the current day, we have numerous detection and scanning tools that can be employed for our nefarious purposes. Each scanner type has a specific use and application, which can be further modified by adjusting their size and resolution.
Active Sensors
Active sensors which currently (v4.91) consist of grav pulse sensors allow a ship to detect other ships equal to or above it's stated resolution size within it's stated range. The tradeoff is that progressively stronger active sensors can themselves be detected by passive EM sensors, which can prove a serious tactical vulnerability.
Thermal Sensors
Passive sensors that detect thermal signatures such as Engines, reactors and colony activity.
EM Sensors
Passive sensors that detect EM signatures. These can be used to detect ship shields, Active Sensors and the presence of colonies on a planet. Beam Warships shows how these work in relation to ship design.
Geological Sensors
These generate Geo Survey points, which is used to determine environmental and mineral properties of a stellar body
Grav Sensors
These are used to detect jump points