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Old January 19th, 2002, 02:44 AM
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Default Re: A pirates life for me...

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Small size defeats gravity sensors...
Stealth armor defeats passive sensors...
Scattering armor defeats active sensors...
Master computers defeat psychic sensors...


Having an achilles heel for every sensor type, I like that! Was that in the original P&N and I just didn't see it?

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What could defend against temporal sensors, though?


Sloth? Wait, no that's one of the seven deadly sins.
Doesn't time slow down with an increase in the velocity of the ship (ie. time is distorted by higher velocities)? So the slower the ship, the harder it is to detect!?

[ 19 January 2002: Message edited by: jimbob ]

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