Spartan159
Banded Mongoose
Does target size and range affect detection? Just how close can a missile get before it triggers an alarm? How far away can you detect an adrift spaceman? I've been looking for rules on this without success.
Target size and range vs detection
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Spartan159 said:
A powered missile should be detectable at long range with passive sensors because missiles aren't stealthy when under-power. Nothing really is. So I would say it should trigger an alarm at maximum detection range.
An adrift spaceman would be a very small target. You are probably talking just a few kilometers before they'd become difficult to spot. The caveats to that would be a) does the suit have a beacon on it,and b) is the suit optimized to return radar/lidar echoes, or emphasize it's heat exhaust. Those would help it being spotted, but beyond that the flying dutchman would remain flying.
