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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
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Except for a few gifted [[sophont]] species, most [[NIL]]s lack the bodily ability to sense more than a very limited part of the electromagnetic spectrum. As [[technology]] develops, particularly to the construction of [[electronics]] in the [[TL:7-9]] [[technological epoch]], sophonts create sophisticated [[device]]s to sense that which their bodies cannot and translate that data into information that they can.  
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Except for a few gifted [[sophont]] species, most [[NIL]]s lack the bodily ability to sense more than a very limited part of the electromagnetic spectrum. As [[technology]] develops, particularly to the construction of [[electronics]] in the [[TL:7-9]] [[technological epoch]], [[sophont]]s create sophisticated [[device]]s to sense that which their bodies cannot and translate that data into information that they can. {{Unpublished cite|author= Maksim-Smelchak }}
  
 
=== Generalized Overview of Sensor Capabilities ===
 
=== Generalized Overview of Sensor Capabilities ===

Revision as of 20:45, 25 January 2019

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A Ship Sensor Suite is the detection package equipped in most, but not all ships.

Description (Specifications)

Ship sensor suites are available in three different qualities:

  1. Civilian Quality Sensor Suite: sometimes referred to as a "basic sensor array".
  2. Paramilitary Quality Sensor Suite: sometimes referred to as a "standard sensor array".
  3. Military Quality Sensor Suite: sometimes referred to as an "advanced sensor array".

Notes: The actual quantity and quality of sensors within the suite may vary from model to model, and between ship class, manufacturer's lot, or block. There may be other subtle distinguishments such as characteristic faults or "blind spots" in coverage.

Sensor Types

Ancillary Equipment

  • Antenna, dishes and aerials (transmitters and receivers). A concentration of such equipment may be referred to as an "antenna farm".

Acoustic Equipment

  • Audio Pinger (does not function in a vacuum: it relies on a gas, a fluid or a solid to carry sound) (Active Sensor)
  • Audio Sensor (microphone, listening device) (does not function in a vacuum: it relies on a gas, a fluid or a solid to carry sound) (Passive Sensor)

Electromagnetic Spectrum Sensors

Gravitic Equipment

Navigational Aids

Optical Instruments

  • Cameras, devices and telescopes sensitive to energy across the visible spectrum (Passive Sensors)
  • Image enhancement (data improvement)
  • Light amplification (data improvement)
  • Lights (visible wavelengths of light: a torch or a spotlight) (Active Sensor, data improvement)
  • SIID (Starship Image Identification) (may also be referred to as SOIID – Space Object Image Identification) (Passive Sensor)
    • SIID Enhancer (SIIDX) (data improvement)

Survey Equipment

  • Planetary Surface Elevation Scanner (surveying equipment) (Active Sensor)

Volatiles Testers / Biosensors

Vessels may mount other small, specialized sensors such as anemometers, seismometers, motion detectors or pressure sensors.

EMS Sensor Packages

An EMS (Electromagnetic Spectrum) Sensor Package is a comprehensive and optimized collection of sensors and electronic systems assembled as a single compact unit.

  • EMS Packages are available "off the shelf" in a wide variety of "basic", "standard" and "advanced" types.

Sensor Packages

Electronic Countermeasures Package

Accessories

History & Background (Dossier)

Except for a few gifted sophont species, most NILs lack the bodily ability to sense more than a very limited part of the electromagnetic spectrum. As technology develops, particularly to the construction of electronics in the TL:7-9 technological epoch, sophonts create sophisticated devices to sense that which their bodies cannot and translate that data into information that they can. [1]

Generalized Overview of Sensor Capabilities

Sensor Detection:

Active Sensors

  • Ships using active sensors or broadcasting using Communications Equipment are significantly more easy to detect: they are advertising their presence.

Silent Running:

  • Ships which are maintaining complete silence (relying on passive sensor systems) cannot be detected at distances of greater than half detection range; ships in orbit around a world and also maintaining complete silence cannot be detected at distances greater than one-eighth detection range. [4]
  • Ships may power down onboard systems, such as the power plant, to reduce their emitted signature.
  • Ships may attempt to use planetary masses and stars for concealment. A ship hidden "behind" such an object will almost always be completely concealed from detection. [5]

Vessel Tracking:

References & contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
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