Posted by: Erik L
« on: August 20, 2010, 01:08:18 PM »Quote from: "Father Tim"
Quote from: "martinuzz"Okay. I turned off Invaders, and started a Conventional start. I guess it's safe enough still, in Sol system, to design a first generation 'blind' geosurvey vessel without any sensors, except the geosurvey sensor.
My second generation design will be made to survey other systems, once I discover them. Then I will think about either incorporating passive sensors in the design, or designing a picket scout.
You can't actually get a 'blind' ship - even if you don't put sensors on it, every ship gets a 'free' half-strength Thermal sensor.
Actually, they get a strength-1 passive scanner (EM and thermal). It doesn't scale with EM/Thermal tech. Of course, those inherent scanners are very short-sighted.