Geneviève Lasedri
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Intent: To create an alternative form of ‘stealth’ technology for starcraft by confusing rather than evading scopes.
Development Thread: [None]
Manufacturer: ECHO Esprit
Model: ECHO Copycat Mk 1: Hallucin
Affiliation: Clients of ECHO Esprit
Modularity: No
Production: Minor
Material: Ferrocarbon housing; Crodium interior; Halurium backup independent power source
Description: Hallucin is the base design of ECHO Esprit’s Copycat series, a line of starship hardware developed to fool enemy forces via manipulation of all forms of detection technology.
The physical device is rectangular, measuring at 10cm x 5cm x 1cm. It is a very small piece but does not feature a small pricetag. A halurium-grain power source enables the Hallucin hardware to continue functioning for a period even after power to non-essential systems has been cut, potentially saving pilots' lives in desperate situations. The interior mechanisms do protect from power surges but, unfortunately, the housing does not shield from EMP.
Hallucin’s role is to play with the IFF (Identification, Friend or Foe) tags of enemy vehicles. Reading the IFF signal received by the craft’s sensors, Hallucin ‘bounces’ a similarly coded signal back through the transmitters, thereby broadcasting a friendly ID to the enemy. Because it is expected that Hallucin may be used by multiple craft from the same faction, all signals are uniformly registered as friendly, though the pilot may switch to 'reverse ID' option (manually forcing the HUD to show all signals to be registered as foe) based on preference/need. Civilian vehicle IDs remain neutral in all cases, as they broadcast on a different standard.
Hallucin does not decrypt comms channels, though this capability will hopefully be developed in a later Copycat model.
While very useful for scouting missions or for attack approaches, Hallucin should be used with great caution in the heat of battle to avoid friendly fire cases.
Copycat: Hallucin is simply hooked up to the main sensory, transmission, and HUD systems of a small craft and does its work. It has already been employed on ECHO EFA-1a fighter craft.
Development Thread: [None]
Manufacturer: ECHO Esprit
Model: ECHO Copycat Mk 1: Hallucin
Affiliation: Clients of ECHO Esprit
Modularity: No
Production: Minor
Material: Ferrocarbon housing; Crodium interior; Halurium backup independent power source
Description: Hallucin is the base design of ECHO Esprit’s Copycat series, a line of starship hardware developed to fool enemy forces via manipulation of all forms of detection technology.
The physical device is rectangular, measuring at 10cm x 5cm x 1cm. It is a very small piece but does not feature a small pricetag. A halurium-grain power source enables the Hallucin hardware to continue functioning for a period even after power to non-essential systems has been cut, potentially saving pilots' lives in desperate situations. The interior mechanisms do protect from power surges but, unfortunately, the housing does not shield from EMP.
Hallucin’s role is to play with the IFF (Identification, Friend or Foe) tags of enemy vehicles. Reading the IFF signal received by the craft’s sensors, Hallucin ‘bounces’ a similarly coded signal back through the transmitters, thereby broadcasting a friendly ID to the enemy. Because it is expected that Hallucin may be used by multiple craft from the same faction, all signals are uniformly registered as friendly, though the pilot may switch to 'reverse ID' option (manually forcing the HUD to show all signals to be registered as foe) based on preference/need. Civilian vehicle IDs remain neutral in all cases, as they broadcast on a different standard.
Hallucin does not decrypt comms channels, though this capability will hopefully be developed in a later Copycat model.
While very useful for scouting missions or for attack approaches, Hallucin should be used with great caution in the heat of battle to avoid friendly fire cases.
Copycat: Hallucin is simply hooked up to the main sensory, transmission, and HUD systems of a small craft and does its work. It has already been employed on ECHO EFA-1a fighter craft.
