new component idea: holo-projectors

[Lucas]

This is a lot like an idea I sent to Malfador back when every one was still playing SEIII.

My idea is now a sort of electronic warfare component.

Lower levels of the component would change the "engine signature" & "Singal Beacon" of a ship so that it appeared to be a different model. Later editions of this component would be able to make a single ship look like it was a whole fleet.

It could probably be countered by various types of sensors. For instance, if you have some low-grade scanners then perhaps they would tell you that there is something suspicious about the fleet of enormous ships bearing down on you, but higher sensor levels would tell you that there is only one ship.

Of course then there would have to be some kind of component that would trick scanners into thinking that there was one of these ship hologram gizmos in operation when actually it is a real fleet cruising along...

Ok, so that's mostly what Spoo said, but dang it, I thought of that too. I even sent in the suggestion! Obviously it was not implemented.

Oh well, I guess we just have to settle for cloaking devices. Say, does anyone ever send in some cloaked war-ships along with one or two wimpy ships as lures?