[Rambie]

I'd like to see Armor and Sensors mean more in SE5. Battle Armor would continue past Level 3, it should be able to absorb about as much damage as shields do.

Basically, better sensors/crew skill would make for better sensor ranges. There would be two sensor ranges: Operational and Effective. Operational range is how SE4 works now, except cloaked ships would have a "to see" chance based on the level of cloak, proximity of the ships in question, size of the cloaked ship, and the on-board sensors/crew skill level.

Effective range is the next level down. You'd get the approximate size of any planets and a sensor fix, based on proximity and size of the ship(s) that were not "cloaked." Asteroid fields would be hidden at this level but you'd see Storms but not their type.

This could also bring in a better "fog of war" type situation. When planets, asteroids, storms, etc have been scanned, the type, size, value, atmosphere, and owner would be on file, but would only be updated when scanned again.