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New Players => The Academy => Topic started by: martinuzz on October 11, 2014, 10:18:15 PM

Title: Question on shield EM signature
Post by: martinuzz on October 11, 2014, 10:18:15 PM

Can a shield only be detected when it's actually activated, or will a ship with a shield always have high EM signature, even if the shield is down?

Title: Re: Question on shield EM signature
Post by: linkxsc on October 11, 2014, 11:09:03 PM

I know if theyre offline they dont emit the signature.

But i dunno if the signature hets weaker as the shield dp themselves.

Title: Re: Question on shield EM signature
Post by: Haji on October 12, 2014, 07:49:52 AM

The EM signature of a shield is equal to it's strength if my memory serves correctly (at the very least it's proportional), so the weaker the shields, the smaller the signature and when the shields are inactive, they emit nothing. Also EM signature of a shield does not stack with EM signature of active sensors - those are two completely different signatures.

Title: Re: Question on shield EM signature
Post by: GreatTuna on October 12, 2014, 03:48:51 PM

The EM signature of a shield is 30 times bigger than strength.