Approved Tech PGEM-USPS

[Niki Priddy]

*Display Model showcasing panels.​

• Intent: Create a standardized sensor system for PGEM and the Open Market.
• Image Source:
  • Headers/Section Dividers made by me.
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• Primary Source:
  
  • AlloyPlast - (Open Market Mass Produced)
  • Druetium - (Open Market Mass Produced)

• Manufacturer: Niki Priddy, PGEM/REAPP-01, Terminus Rêve, Priddy General Engineering And Manufacturing
• Affiliation: Priddy General Engineering And Manufacturing
• Market Status: Open-Market
• Model: Priddy General Engineering and Manufacturing Universal Sensor Package System
• Modularity: Minimal - Removal of certain functions/sensors. Cannibalism of parts for one sensor to repair another.
• Production: Mass-Produced
• Material:
  • Druetium Infused AlloyPlast Housings/Mountings
  • Lint Filters
  • Fiber-optic Cables
  • Copper, Guerrerite, Nickle, Slivian Iron Internal Components
  • Compact Sensor Array Computer
  • Navigational Sensor(Base System - Does not Count to Active Systems)
  • Dedicated Energy Receptor
  • Full-spectrum Transceiver
  • Aural Sensor
  • Life form Indicators
  • Radiation Sensor
  • Hyperwave Signal Interceptor
  • Atmospheric Sensor
  • Flight Predictor Sensor
  • Terrain Following Sensor
  • Heat Detector
  • Geoscanner
  • Wide range Sensor
  • Passive Sensor Systems
  • Low-feedback Scanner
  • Proximity Sensor
  • Multi-sensor

• Capable of switching between Active Scan and Passive Scan with limited disruption of data gathering.
• Capable of switching between doppler(wide area) scanning to section(cardinal directions) scanning to provide more accurate data.

• And the Kitchen Sink- The system design covers a broad spectrum of sensor styles, enabling the equipped vessel to switch between roles with relative ease. From lane patrol, active or passive scouting, or even planetary exploration. The USPS is capable of finding a use in most situations.
• Doppler Scanning- The standard setting upon start-up of an equipped vessel. Provides a 360° scan of the surrounding area to the range limits of the scanners. While not as accurate with the scanning, it can provide an instantaneous and constantly updated display of the situation surround the vessel including potential enemy and ally positions, varying scale of vessels in the immediate area, and general terrain features.
• Section Scanning- A more dedicated scanning mode that provides far better detail such as energy output levels, detailed flight projections, specific data on vessels, and detailed terrain scans.
• Scale- The system is able to scale from the smallest vessel to the largest with more scanning systems available depending upon size of the equipped vessel. Smaller starfighters being capable of running 5 systems at a given time without specific power modifications. With specific modifications, such as operation of electrical systems from a turbo-impeller or other power subsystem, a maximum of 7 active systems may be achieved.
• Passive Scanning- A downfall of a typical systems is detection through active scanning. Energy signatures from an actively scanning system can be found with ease when the technician behind the system knows what they are looking for. Passive scanning mode puts a strict limit on the projected energy of its scanning system, making it little more than a slight spatial anomaly against a wide range scan, and a stray bit of debris on a focused scan.

• Fallible- USPS is a hyper generalized system, and while capable of using a number of sensor systems to extrapolate data readings, is capable of being fooled by even typical spatial anomalies with false readings.
• Doppler Scanning- A highly active scan setting that alerts those capable of detecting sensor scans to an active scan being made. While providing a full and continuous 360° degree scan is invaluable, it could potentially make the origin of that scan a target.
• Section Scanning- Dedicated scanning to one of the cardinal directions provides more in depth data about the scanned subject, but limits the peripheral scans by a large factor. Peripheral scans will be limited to noting something is present without other identifying features as the scanning systems are focused elsewhere. This scan setting is harder to detect, but blinds the originator of the scan to some degree.
• Scaling- Starfighers can maintain a maximum of 5 sensors at one time without dedicated upgrades to the electrical system, but can maximize their running sensors to 7. Two additional running sensors are available for constant use with each landmark scaling.
• Passive Scanning- While a decent way to hide one's presence to scout or other personal reasons, the passive scan does not remove the chance of being found. Merely reducing the signature of the energy output. If Passive Scan is engaged while the vessel is actively moving or already found, it does nothing to mitigate the engine signature giving away the vessel or being called out by other vessels.

With a veritable spread of sensor systems on the market, and seeing a variety of them in use through their own catalog, the choice was made to manufacture a standardized system for further production both inside and outside of the company.

Gathering a handful of useful and a few niche sensors for the larger market, the Universal Sensor Package System was developed.

Tapping into the equipped vessels power source, the system provides a number of features to the vessel in the ability to switch between Active and Passive scanning modes, the ability to switch between different equipped sensors attached, and even offering different scan modes in the Active Scan setting.

While the system is not as specialized as other marketed systems, the variety of applications could find it being useful for both private and military uses, and has some features to appeal to both parties.

The sensor panels themselves sit below the armor plating of a vessel, and largely rely on the vessel's armor for protection for continued use. The panels are thin and able to be mounted between the hull and outer plating in a number of places, gathering data through the connected panels before returning to the central computer system to enable the pilot or operators to decipher.

While not a perfect system due to its broad application, it has a number of wide range uses in the general market.

 

[Krass Wyms]

Niki Priddy

Nicely made

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