 Tacnet Sensor Channels, Specifically Drones |
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 Mar 2 2010, 05:13 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 29-July 09 Member No.: 17,444  |
I'm still very iffy about these rules. However, a lot of that is because I'm having trouble understanding how drones fit into this equation. Part of that is I don't really understand upgrading sensor systems for drones.
If I upgrade the sensor systems for a drone to give it Low Light, Thermo, Vision/Audio Enhancement and so on, do they increase the sensor channels for a drone? |
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Mar 2 2010, 05:24 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,679 Joined: 19-September 09 Member No.: 17,652 |
QUOTE (AndyZ @ Mar 2 2010, 12:13 PM)  I'm still very iffy about these rules. However, a lot of that is because I'm having trouble understanding how drones fit into this equation. Part of that is I don't really understand upgrading sensor systems for drones. If I upgrade the sensor systems for a drone to give it Low Light, Thermo, Vision/Audio Enhancement and so on, do they increase the sensor channels for a drone? Yeah. A drone with LL, Thermal, VE, and AE would have 4 sensor channels, and so be able to help out with a rating 2 tacnet Actually it would have at least 6, because it would also have normal visual and normal audio as well. Basically 'sensor channels' is 'how many senses/sense improvements can you provide'. A camera is 1 for visual. A night vision camera is 2, 1 for visual and 1 for night vision. |
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Mar 2 2010, 05:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 29-July 09 Member No.: 17,444 |
Simple enough. Thank you.
Is there anything I have to do to add the enhancements to the drones beyond just paying the enhancement costs? |
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Mar 2 2010, 07:30 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,679 Joined: 19-September 09 Member No.: 17,652 |
QUOTE (AndyZ @ Mar 2 2010, 12:55 PM) Simple enough. Thank you. Is there anything I have to do to add the enhancements to the drones beyond just paying the enhancement costs? I think drones of different sizes can only support so many types of sensors. Should be in the sensor section of the main book and I think it expands on it some in Arsenal. Don't remember all the rules off hand, and I think you can do stuff like get a camera for 1 sensor slot and then add all the vision mods to it directly. |
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Mar 2 2010, 07:53 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,328 Joined: 2-April 07 From: The Center of the Universe Member No.: 11,360 |
So I have a question--does 1 sensor capacity= vehicle mod slot. Most drones only have 4 vehicle mod slots.
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Mar 2 2010, 07:54 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,679 Joined: 19-September 09 Member No.: 17,652 |
QUOTE (Warlordtheft @ Mar 2 2010, 02:53 PM) So I have a question--does 1 sensor capacity= vehicle mod slot. Drones only have 4. No, sensor capacity is entirely seprate from vehicle mod slot. |
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Mar 3 2010, 08:46 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,705 Joined: 5-October 09 From: You are in a clearing Member No.: 17,722 |
BBB 325 has the sensor packages.
Arsenal 105 gives the typical pre-installed sensor package for at least a vehicle. I'd say in the standard 8 capacity for a large drone, you could easily enough drop 8 channels worth of sensors in, especually with therm and lowlight on the cameras. |
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