Alric Kuhn
Handsome K'lor'slug
- Intent: To sub a unique piece of technology
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- Manufacturer: Vanir Technologies
- Model: VT-Refraction Sensor
- Affiliation: Open-Market
- Modularity: Yes
- Production: Limited
- Material: Durasteel, Fiberplast, Aurodium
- Advanced Computing
- Modular Mounting
Advanced Computing - The VT-Refraction Sensor takes a lot of computing power, thus every model comes equipped with exactly that, allowing the device to function and process properly.
Modular Mounting - Like many Vanir Products, the Refraction Sensor can be mounted on a host of Vessels.
Strengths:
- Location Sensor: The Refraction Sensor works in exactly the way it sounds. The system sends out a massive wave like 'ping' that bounces through a massive area within a star system. This ping moves in a sphere and is in fact a low form of radiation. The system then 'tracks' this sphere, watching it and noting when it's surface becomes broken. This allows the system to locate, and assess the shape of objects that have passed through the bubble. Through this method the sensor is able to locate any objects that has passed through the sphere including cloaked ships, asteroids, satellites, etc.
- Identification: The Refraction Sensor is not a standard sensor. The data that it collects is not exact. It does not read drive signature, ship profile, weapons, or even power readings. It simply locates and approximates shape.
Continuing its inquest into the design of more specialized Starship equipment, Vanir Technologies tackled Sensor systems.
Throughout the lifetime of spaceflight, sensor systems have been an incredibly essential piece of space travel. Sensors aid a starship in identifying objects, enemies, friends, and pretty much anything. Sensor systems work through a variety of methods, many of them based off of the same simple principals.
The Vanir Technologies Refraction Sensor is more unique in it's family, mostly due to it's rather simplistic function.
Unlike other sensor systems which focus more on the specifics of things around the ship, the VT-RS is more geared towards a simple layout of surroundings. The entire point of the device is to simply map and locate everything within the vicinity of the ship itself. The system achieves this through a simple sensor wave, mapping everything that passes through said wave and recording it's location, dimensions, and relative trajectory.
This function allows the Refraction Sensor to create an exact map of the surrounding area of the starship. This can be a tremendous help in the positioning of starships.
Though this system is not as advanced or perfect as some sensors, it could in theory be paired with said systems.
