RE: Active vs Passive

Popeye said:
I think the best model available for sci-fi sensors (active and passive)
is 
modern day submarine warfare. No, the first detection by passive sensors

gives one a HUGE possible range reading, but the submarine can alter
course
- 
triangulate the target's passive signature and work out a firing
solution 
over time. I think that is what would happen in space combat.

Why bother?  There's no water to interfere with your comm, so just send
a
message laser to your corvettes on either flank and get them to
triangulate.