Approved Tech WhiteNoise Holo and Com Transmitter

[Taeli Raaf]

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Intent: To create a new transmitter that will make transmissions sent and received by it undetectable by current technologies
Dev Thread: If necessary
Manufacturer: Krayt Industries
Model: WhiteNoise Holo and Com Transmitter
Affiliation: Open-market/One Sith/Krayt Industries (background check will be required for purchase)
Modularity: None
Production: Mass-produced
Materials: Durasteel, transmitter components

Strengths:
Nearly impossible to intercept/determine from all the background radiation from the stars

Strength/Weakness: Signal range is limited to a planetary system, cannot be sent to other systems without significant advancement of the technology

Weaknesses:
Signals can only be sent to another ship or outpost with a WhiteNoise transmitter
Transmitting near a star will wipe the signal completely from too much radiation, while planets, moons, and asteroids will make the signal much harder to receive the message if they are in the way

Description: Seeking to develop a brand new transmitter, Darth Arcanix hit upon the problem that most transmitters in circulation had currently. No matter how sophisticated encryption technologies get, eventually someone will be able to slice through the encryption and gain valuable intelligence that a person shouldn't. That was just bad for business, bad for any stealth missions, bad for many other things.

In that vain, it was decided to develop something that would be able to hide a transmission in a more obscure way. The WhiteNoise Transmitter is that answer to that idea. Using the background radiation signals created by stars, the transmitter embeds its transmission within the background white noise to avoid any detection by eavesdroppers. Anyone trying to intercept will only be able to hear the white noise created by the roar of space, not noticing the signal. The system has an effective range of inside a planetary system, trying to send anything beyond a system's limit will result in the signal being lost completely.

This leads to the transmitter's one serious drawback in that the person expecting a transmission has to have a WhiteNoise on their side as well to pull the transmission out of the radiation signals, otherwise all they will hear is white noise. Also, transmitting near a star will completely wipe out any transmission, while other celestial bodies such as a moon or planet will bounce the signal and making it much harder to understand the message. To avoid this, the transmitters must have a clear path into space if transmitted from a planet and cannot be inside a cave or such.

 

[Ellie Mors]

Under Review.

 

[Ellie Mors]

[member="Darth Arcanix"]
If your communication devices are intended to blend in with white noise, a background noise that is almost infinitesimally minute in volume, how will another communication device be capable of separating the message from the white noise?

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Darth Vitium"]

Only the transmitters can receive and send signals in the white noise, otherwise everything is static hence the drawback about only another WhiteNoise transmitter can decipher the message out of the noise, everything else can't. I guess it would work along the lines of an Engima machine from WW2 where you needed the proper code sequences to decipher the message out of the million billion combinations it could be and they could only be sent to another Enigma. This is intended more for larger starships, not personal comlinks or starfighter coms

 

[Ellie Mors]

I guess it would work along the lines of an Engima machine from WW2 where you needed the proper code sequences to decipher the message out of the million billion combinations it could be and they could only be sent to another Enigma.

The issue with this is that the level of frequency you are looking into is so small that it would be garbled with interference from the very white noise you are looking to hide your transmissions in. It isn't a matter of a jumble of code that needs to be decoded, it is a matter of actually picking up a signal from a ship, as a frequency that low would be rendered completely incapable of being transmitted far distances or beside large celestial bodies, such as stars, planets, or other things that would create interference for such a small frequency.

RESEARCH REVIEW

Star Wars Canon

• http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Subspace_transceiver
• http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Frequency_Agile_subspace_transceiver
• http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ranger_transceiver
• http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Whistler_encryption_module

Starwars Chaos

• ​N/A

WITHOUT DEV THREADS

• Include all weaknesses listed out that using this may provide.
• Include an issue generated by interference near large celestial bodies, especially a star.
• Include a definitive effective range. (Within reason.)

WITH DEV THREADS

• n/a

SUGGESTIONS

• n/a

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Darth Vitium"]

Not sure if that is what you wanted, but edits made as requested

 

[Ellie Mors]

[member="Darth Arcanix"]

Include a definitive effective range. (Within reason.)

Include this and you will be good. (An example would be "Mid-Range" rather than what is presumed to be "Long Ranged" or indefinite as of current.)

 

[Taeli Raaf]

Range added is just within a planetary system, transmissions cannot be sent to other systems until I work out more on the technology in later models

[member="Darth Vitium"]

 

[Ellie Mors]

Alright, if this is abused it will be reported and this will be taken back out to be re-reviewed or retroactively denied. Be cautionary in its use and with whom you allow to use it/sell it to.

Approved and pending secondary.

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

Interesting concept, but i will have to echo Silara.

This type of submission is very easy to go too far with, i will be watching its use carefully.

Approved.