SENSORS

Planet	4.00
Ground Base	0.80
Pod: Assault Pod	0.25
Pod: Resupply Pod	0.20
Pod: Gold Pod (Cloaked)	0.01
Pod: Gold Pod	0.75
Pods ( All others )	0.75
Buoy	200.00
Minefield	0.70
Minefield (Cloaked)	0.05
Fighter Wing (Passive)	0.20
Fighter Wing (Scanner On)	0.80

Table 1: Scanner Profile of Common Objects

The lower the scanner profile the more difficult it is for enemy scanners detect the object.

The scanner profile of a ship depends on several factors; cloaking, the hull ' s warp signature, the ship ' s speed and emissions from the ship ' s own scanners and transporters.

WS = Warp signature of hull EM = Emissions from scanners (See Table 2, below) T = Modifier 25 if transporters used during the turn S = Ship speed in LY per Turn

Cloak = 50 if ship is cloaked Cloak = 0 if ship is not cloaked

Cloak Effect = (WS - Cloak), if CE < 0 then CE = 0

Ship Scanner Profile = ((CE + EM + T)/ 100) * ((S + 80) / 100)

Max SP value is 30

	Emissions
Long Range Scanner	30	Scans out to 100% of the ship ' s rated scan range
Medium Range Scanner	20 *	Scans out to 50% of the ship ' s rated scan range
Short Range Scanner	10 *	Scans out to 25% of the ship ' s rated scan range
Planetary Scanner	2 *	Gives the passive scanners a 10 LY range boost.
Passive	0	Range 0-330 ly, only 10% of time over 30 ly. Passive scanners will not work if Short, Medium or Long Range Scanner are on.

* Only emits this amount only if it is the highest power scanner turned on.

Table 2: Scanner Emissions and Ranges

Scanners have a 1/40 chance to emit one pulse per movement phase (200/turn).

The odds of detecting an object that you have never seen before as a new unknown contact are as follows:

SR = Scanner Range ( 100 % of hull scan range if long range scanners are on, see table 2 )
DX = Distance to object from the scanner
SP = Target Object Scanner Profile (See table 1)
PO = Percentage Odds That The Object Will Show Up As a Contact Per Scanner Pulse
PO = ((SP *(SR - DX) / SR) * 100 )

The odds that you will identified a here-to-fore unknown contact.
POI = Percentage Odds That The Object Will Be Identified Per Scanner Pulse
POI = ((SP *(SR - DX) / SR) * 100 ) / 2

Orbital Modifiers (if an object is in same coordinates with a planet/star system):
SP = SP * 0.2 (for a target that is in orbit)
SR = SR * 0.5 (for a scanner scanning from orbit)

Scanners on a base have a normal scan range of 100 LY. More that 1 scanner will not change the odds.

Fighter Wing Scanner range is 10 LY.

Scanners can not track ships traveling through hyperspace. Ships in hyperspace can not use their scanners while in hyperspace. All scanning takes place after all hyperjumps have happened.