Re: Updated Electronic Warfare Rules

    
     
	Phil suggested:
	 
	    Navigation Sensor operated by civilian ships modify the 1D6
roll by -2
	    Standard Basic Military sensors modify the 1D6 roll by 0.
	    Fighter Enhanced sensors modify the 1D6 roll by +1.  This is
a dedicated platform like an E-2C, etc.
		    They cost 5 each
	    Enhanced Military sensors modify the 1D6 roll by +2.
	    Superior Military sensors modify the 1D6 roll by +4.
	 
	    Modifiers:
	    -1 per 12 Measuring Unit (MU) between target and observer.
	    -1 per 5% of mass devoted to stealth by the observer.
	    -2 per ECM unit effectively jamming the observer.  Note: 
Observer automatically gets a line of Bearing towards the jamming unit.
	    Mass of the target:
		 0 to 10: -1
		11 to 25: 0
		26 to 50: +1
		51 to 100: +2
		+1 per 50 mass after 100.
	    +1 per thrust factor of target unit.  Note: only applies to
passive detection of engines on ship and subject to modifications noted
above.
	    + 6 to passive detection of active sensor or ECM in use on
target.
	 
	Roll	    Passive Sensor		Active Sensor
	3	     Loose LOB			  Bogey
	4	     LOB			      Track
	6	     System ID/Mass	       Mass
	8	     Bogey			      ID
	
	
	>>Detection range for passive systems is too short.  It is
entirely possible for an unstealthed Mass 100 ship (with no thrust, or
thrust 2 if it's coming at you) to get within 6" of a passive civilian
ship--or an asteroid of the same size could do the same--without being
detected at all.  No LLOB, nothing.  Work out the ranges and see where
your detection thresholds are.	Might want to make it "-1 per 12"
starting at 36"" or thereabouts.
	
	    Two factors that you should consider, First the rules state
that:
	    Visual sensors are established on all ships.  Any ship,
fighter, etc is automatically IDed, tracked and assessed when it comes
within 6 inches of an interested party.  Large Facilitates like a Base
can double or triple this ability.
	    Secondly, Perhaps they should turn on their active system in
that case.  That is always the danger of stringent emissions control,
not seeing the threat.	There have been plenty of asteroids that came
close to hitting earth that our passive systems did not detect.  Given
an earth planet is represented by a radius six dinner dish then 1 mu =
600 miles.  This is a reasonable sceme.
	    One issue that I forgot to mention, all hulls, military and
civillian, start with a free civillian navigation sensor (-2).	This way
military vessels can have something on without giving away their
identity.