Ship's Sensors?

[cbrunish]

One question: why do all the sensors after visual have less of a range? Especially EM and Radar/Lidar. It was my understanding that Radar (in today's world) is better than visual.

 

[Beastttt]

only for locating targets
ID'ing them is usually with an IFF transponder
turn your transponder off the other side has no idea what you are only size if not stealthed direction & speed
visual allows to see exposed turrets
thermal see hot hot your power plant is

you could be a pirate
opposing force military vessel
vessel in disress
lots of things

with what is in use now we can tell what a vessel is by what it uses
(types of radar,sonar,blade count,blade speed, etc)
now add unknown races,different technologies, etc

One question: why do all the sensors after visual have less of a range? Especially EM and Radar/Lidar. It was my understanding that Radar (in today's world) is better than visual.

 

[Ommadawn]

Note that more advanced sensor packages don't just include more sensors, they also give a better bonus at using all sensors so they include improved versions of those available in more basic packages.

Simon Hibbs

This is not true, the dice modifier only applies to jamming and counter-jamming attempts.

If this is the case (and it certainly seems so from what I've read in the core rules) then what does the -4DM for stealth actually affect? Is it a modifier on the Sensors skill check of the character?

 

[Beastttt]

I beleive it to be just an overall stealth package
and the +DMs are to count that

hopefully high gaurd will have more rules on ecm/eccm warfare
right now I see what has been given as the simple version

Note that more advanced sensor packages don't just include more sensors, they also give a better bonus at using all sensors so they include improved versions of those available in more basic packages.

Simon Hibbs

This is not true, the dice modifier only applies to jamming and counter-jamming attempts.

If this is the case (and it certainly seems so from what I've read in the core rules) then what does the -4DM for stealth actually affect? Is it a modifier on the Sensors skill check of the character?