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Another system designed by First United Astral Engineering to refit its fleet of vehicle, small craft, and larger starships, the FAE/S-05 ECM Array deals in electronic warfare and electronic countermeasures, designed to provide the operator with a plethora of electronic systems for a variety of situations, from jamming enemy communications, interfering with enemy targeting systems, and yet more. While capable in these functions, when used indiscriminately, the FAE/S-05 can set enemy units on alert when they might otherwise be unaware of the host vehicle’s presence. The jamming systems also hamper communications and sensor performance in friendly units, more so if they lack cooperative engagement technologies. Nevertheless, the FAE/S-05 ECM Array is hoped to represent a new-generation of technologies for First United Astral Engineering and the designers remain optimistic for its performance in the field.
- Intent: To create a standard ECM suite.
- Image Source: N/A
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions:
- Sleg Ultracapacitor (Open-Market)
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: First United Astral Engineering
- Affiliation:
- Exclusive Buyers and Writers (Marketplace Purchase or Direct Permission)
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: FAE/S-05 ECM Array
- Modularity: Yes
- Systems May be Stripped as Needed or Desired
- May be Installed in Any Starship, Station, Vehicle, or Emplacement.
- Scales Based on Host Platform Size and Class
- Capable of Linking with Host Platform’s Sensor Suites
- Various Settings and Programming Alterations
- Compatible with Power Conversion Systems
- When Utilized on Lower Production Host Platforms, Can Incorporate or Integrate with Advanced Stealth Systems.
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
- Internal Circuitry and Electronics
- Misc. Components and Materials
- Oversight and Administration
- Primary Computer Brain Module
- Secondary Computer Brain Modules
- Information Storage and Processing
- Primary Gabonna Memory Crystal
- Various Secondary Memory Crystals and Processors
- Heuristic Processing
- Positronic Processing
- Power Systems
- Data and Information Security
- Pyrowall
- Echo Pulse
- Quantum Processing and Data Management
- Ion Scrambler
- Ghostwave
- Comm Unit Scrambler
- Genetic Code, Retinal, and Dermatoglyphic Verification
- Bio-Hexacrypted Systems
- Control Systems
- Neural Interface Compatibility
- Blink and Voice Command Compatibility
- Variable Output and Calibration Settings
- Automation and Administration Control
- Capable of Various Levels of Automation
- Sensor Warning Systems
- Communication Systems
- Electronic Countermeasure Array
- Signal-Augmented Sensor Jammer - Hybrid sensor/signal jamming device, utilizing static, random signals, or false responses to jam enemy sensors. May also be used to jam enemy communications.
- Full-Spectrum Distortion Projector - Utilized as an anti-targeting measure by utilizing broadband transmissions to disrupt scanners and targeting computers attempting to lock-on to the host craft.
- ECM Systems Enhanced by 29L Electromagnetic Countermeasures Package and Energy Baffling Technology - Used in tandem with the signal-augmented sensor jammer or the full-spectrum distortion projector, the 29L expands and scatters the broadcast and its energy signature, making it more difficult for enemy agents to pinpoint the exact source of the jamming.
- IFF Confuser - Rather than being launched, this device is built into the array itself and is designed to broadcast signals that have the potential to disrupt the IFF systems of hostile units.
- Hyperwave Beacon Scrambler - Device capable of disrupting enemy holocommunications. Range and power ultimately depends on the size and class of the host platform.
- EM Emission System / False Energy Signature Projector - The EM emission system is designed to confuse various types of guidance systems and sensors by effectively changing the host vehicle’s EM and energy signature on the fly.
- Electronic Warfare - A comprehensive suite of electronic warfare systems, the ECM array can be harnessed to dazzling effect in virtually any given battlespace, confusing missile tracking systems, jamming enemy sensors, disrupting communications and targeting systems, and more. In effect, judicious application of these systems can make the host unit an extreme menace to enemy units.
- Anti-Radiation - The energy bafflers can counter radiation homing and “home-on-jam” technologies by expanding and scattering the energy signature.
- Broadband Transmissions - While the 29L makes it extremely difficult to pinpoint the host unit’s exact location when its ECM systems are active, the mere presence of jamming is a telltale sign that an enemy unit is active in the area. In practice, while these systems work to obscure the host’s exact position, they simultaneously announce its presence to enemy forces, thereby setting them on high alert due to the false signatures and broadband transmissions created by the jamming systems.
- Surge - While the the FAE/S-05’s robustness ultimately relies on the host unit’s defenses, EMP/Ion-based assaults can potentially disable or diminish the array to varying degrees, depending on the power quotient, proximity of the initial discharge to the host vehicle, along with a multitude of other factors.
- My Friends Are Blind - While to a lesser degree, the jamming systems may also hamper communications and sensor performance among friendly units, more so in the event that they lack cooperative engagement capabilities or technologies capable of compensating for the interference.
Another system designed by First United Astral Engineering to refit its fleet of vehicle, small craft, and larger starships, the FAE/S-05 ECM Array deals in electronic warfare and electronic countermeasures, designed to provide the operator with a plethora of electronic systems for a variety of situations, from jamming enemy communications, interfering with enemy targeting systems, and yet more. While capable in these functions, when used indiscriminately, the FAE/S-05 can set enemy units on alert when they might otherwise be unaware of the host vehicle’s presence. The jamming systems also hamper communications and sensor performance in friendly units, more so if they lack cooperative engagement technologies. Nevertheless, the FAE/S-05 ECM Array is hoped to represent a new-generation of technologies for First United Astral Engineering and the designers remain optimistic for its performance in the field.