LIDAR

LIDAR is an acronym for Light Detection and Ranging

• It is a type of Sensor
• It is also called LADAR (Laser Detection and Ranging).

Description / Specifications

LIDAR is a sensor system that bounces laser light off of a target and detects the ref1ection. The laser can scan a very small area and as such it is used to lock onto a target after some other search sensor has detected it.

• It is a tight beam active sensor.

History & Background / Dossier

LIDAR is available from TL-8 onwards.

References & Contributors / Sources

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• MegaTraveller Referee's Manual, (Game Designers Workshop 1987) p68
• Fire, Fusion, & Steel, Traveller The New Era, (Game Designers Workshop 1987) p51
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science