Graviton Sensors

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Location: Sensor Slots

Faction: Coalition, Hegemony, Consortium, Collective

Gameplay Discussion:

Graviton sensors detect large mass and objects in close proximity to it. Basically, the list of all gravity fields that has an effect on the sensor is sorted by the gravitational force they exert, and objects are picked off the top and reported to the vehicle running the sensor, the better the sensor, the more are reported.

Graviton sensors are blinded by gravity based weapons.

[edit] Mathematics and Modeling Discussion

Equation and Concept Art TBA

References

See Independent component analysis [1] and Gravity [2]

[edit] Lore Discussions

Graviton sensors are composed of large number of small sensor package placed around a large vehicle. Each package is detects the sum of gravitational field at that location. Commonly, one of these packages a laser emitter, an optic sensor, and associated electronics. Each laser is defected by the local gravitational field and deflected slightly from its linear trajectory. This deflection is picked up by the optics and analyzed.

A single gravity sensor package cannot give a good estimate of the vehicle’s environment, but due to the linear addition of forces, and the statistical independence in the location and strength of the sources, blind source separation tool running in real time can give excellence estimation of the vehicle’s environment.

However, this method of detection have natural weakness, such that it has difficulty distinguishing large number of small object or a big one, especially if these objects are distant.

Despite its simple principle, the computational power required to resolve gravitational signature using statistical analysis is enormous. As such only vessels with powerful computer systems could operate them.

Graviton Sensors are excellent passive sensor systems and are commonly used by vehicles that prefer to remain shrouded in darkness. It can also from employment in the hands of those who walk the light, but remain wary of shadows.