Raxmei wrote:
Do they exist?
Yes, but you need a large ship to get detailed information out of them
What is the propagation speed?
Fairl fast Lets say enough to give you 10-20 minutes warning of a contact approaching head on when mounted on a small starship, hours from a battleship and days from a planet. Somthing like that.
Can ships in hyper detect other ships in hyper?
I'm gonna say yes but with poor accuracy
Can ships in hyper detect ships in realspace?
poorly
Can ships in realspace detect ships in hyper?
yes
Can ships in realspace detect other ships in realspace using FTL sensors?
Yes, but with greatly reduced range compared to a realspace to FTL contact
Overall FTL sensors are like radar, the bigger your sensor platform the better they can work, and they don’t always work equally well. A ship in FTL has a larger signature then one going real space. You should detect a formation well before you could count how many ships are in it.
Similar questions pertain to FTL communications.
They exist but require boosters to be real time over any major distance. Communcations between most Empires would not be real time. If someone wants to build a network that will allow for instant comm. across the sector that will be a major undertaking and happen within the STGOD.
Quick question, what are the build times for various types of capital ships???
I'll have to discusse that with Stormbringer. Probably longer then last time for major ships, but escorts can be churned out in months.
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