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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Masada" data-source="post: 2445830" data-attributes="member: 19339">I started a draft of something like this...Sensor Range IncrementsAll sensor systems have range increments based on PL.  All systems have a maximum range of 5 increments.  Each increment beyond the 1st imposes a -2 penalty to function check made at that distance.PL 5 range increment: 1000 miles (Max 5,000 miles)PL 6 range increment: 5000 miles (Max 25,000 miles)PL 7 range increment: 20,000 miles (Max 100,000 miles)PL 8 range increment: 50,000 miles (Max 250,000 miles)PL 9 range increment: 100,000 miles (Max 500,000 miles)Planetary systems or space stations can put much more power behind their systems.  Multiply the range increment of a stationary sensor system by 100.  This only applies to detailed scan results.  Stationary systems can detect object (ships) at a range of 8 trillion miles (about the size of our solar system) if they know where to look (i.e. they receive a transmission from the ship) and the ship is not shadowed by another object.Proximity alarmsMost starships systems routinely scan the immediate range for objects on a direct collision course with the ship.  They will also sound when another identifiable starship (an object with a detectable energy signatures) approaches with in immediate range....and then I'm going to continue to draft how you can defeat sensor systems.  Using them to burn out other systems is a nice touch...  But mostly I'm trying to pin down how far away a ship might detect you, how to determine when a ship is "looking" and what you can do to fool them.  I'd rather not create more feats, but rather add more options to skill checks.</blockquote>

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