CommCaster

Commcaster
TBD
Type	Communication Device
Tech Level	TL–8
Cost	TBD
Size	TBD
Weight	TBD
Manufacturer	Various
Also see	Ship Equipment
Reference	TBD
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A CommCaster is a shipboard or station-installed device that shares data with multiple other vessels and their computers.

• Data Broadcasts or Beamcasts send data at the target. CommCaster and DataCasters. Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 386.
• It is a kind of Ship Equipment.

Description (Specifications)

CommCasters are dedicated information and communications links between the ships. Sensor Data. Two ships, each with CommCasters can share Sensor Data, and each may attack targets sensed by the other. virtual Battery Fire. Ships (each equipped with CommCaster) can attack the same target with weapons of the same Type (...but not necessarily the same TL or Mount). The hits inflicted by the weapons are summed. Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 388.

Functional Explication

A CommCaster can be thought of as a robust communicator that transmits multiple signals through whatever type of tight beam communication system the individual ships are using. They are typically turret-mounted.

It allows coordination of attack and defense among a squadron or task force of warships, sharing sensor data and enabling them to attack the same target simultaneously.

History & Background (Dossier)

CommCasters are part of a ship's electronic warfare suite. They become available around TL-8, and as tech levels increase they become more sophisticated in response to more advanced adversarial countermeasures.

Vilani battle fleets extensively relied on CommCasters during the Interstellar Wars, as they aided in the general Vilani operational tactic of employing overwhelming firepower directed by a single commander. They were surprised when Terran countermeasures such as broad-spectrum jamming (typically with rock music) and other types of active ECM rendered them ineffective. The Vilani had not encountered electronic warfare before, and did not even have a word for it in their language.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 342, 386, 388, 390-391, 408, 413, 415, 508.
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• Author & Contributor: Lord Matthew Kerwin Baron Thon
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science