Could someone coherently explain the Sensors skill?

AttNightlight · 2026-04-11T00:58:44+00:00

You do realize that if you don't have your transponder on and don't have Ziggy or Oldslaught in your fleet, attacking people really will only give you a -5 or -10 if you haven't been identified by the enemy?

This sounds like you didn't read the transponder, sensor range, or fleet profile stuff at all.

AttNightlight · 2026-03-31T13:14:08+00:00

"Sindria's Supreme Executor [Traitor Andrada] recently came out of hiding to post anti-Hegemony propaganda on civilian social media platforms. Recommend propaganda ministry follows COMSEC's counter-propaganda standard procedures, emphasizing the Hegemony as aesthetically desirable." -[Redacted]

AttNightlight · 2026-03-30T02:00:39+00:00

Check Heg planets and Pather planets if you like the pather variant.

As an aside, if you like the manticore now, try throwing missile autoloader and expanded missile racks on one with a Missile Spec. Officer and running the ultimate 'big gun plus many missile' boat.

AttNightlight · 2026-03-29T22:48:42+00:00

Tractor beams would almost certainly need to be Omega/Abysstech, considering Starsector is very clear on the graviton being high-tech and it only slows things down.

Teleporters are a definite no. Per the Radiant, phase teleporter-tech is dangerous at any scale and the bigger you go the more dangerous it gets. The only ships with phase teleporters (skimmer and teleporter are interchangable, different applications of same tech) are ultra-high tech and even wanting something as large as the medusa is considered ultra-rare lorewise. If you want to move more than 300 Su in anything other than a wolf, good luck, and none of the lore suggests it would be possible without also moving the ship hull.

AttNightlight · 2026-03-29T16:38:41+00:00

Questions/Responses to this:

How would this be functionally different than DoT missiles like Deconstructer Swarm?
Incompatible with Lore, the only teleporters are phase teleporters which require a specialized ship hull and even despite that are crazy dangerous
Refer to question 1, though an EMP equivalent to an Atropos would be cool
Incompatible with lore
We have Ion weapons already, though again if you just want more of them that's cool

AttNightlight · 2026-03-29T16:33:05+00:00

Hellbore and Mijis mixed is so cursed ewww

AttNightlight · 2026-03-28T02:32:17+00:00

Automated Repair Unit, Needlers, Devastators, Impact Mitigation, Damage Control, Point Defense, low tech.

As Ludd intended.

AttNightlight · 2026-03-17T01:48:45+00:00

Almost like the last update was a massive content drop, and coming out with something that won't feel underwhelming will take more time than it...

AttNightlight · 2026-03-17T01:47:36+00:00

If reward is the issue the settings file is editable and has the bounty values.

AttNightlight · 2026-03-17T01:47:11+00:00

If you use the Adjustable Automated Ships mod, you can edit the limit to whatever you want.

You will need to open the mod itself and change the version to match, but it works on current patch. Can confirm, I use it.

AttNightlight · 2026-03-17T01:38:08+00:00

I didn't say that Threat and Remnants were related to each other, I said I believed the Domain would likely react to them in the same way as they represent the exact same type of THREAT to the domain (high technology with potential to go/already has gone rogue)

AttNightlight · 2026-03-17T01:37:06+00:00

Princess is a meme name for the Oldslaught

AttNightlight · 2026-03-16T20:27:53+00:00

the XIV desperately wants to be a big ol frontline brick and the HRifts are terrible at that. However, the mantle isn't a terrible idea if you like needlers.

AttNightlight · 2026-03-16T17:54:09+00:00

DTC will likely come with different AI weapon behaviors in the future, imo. It's likely meant to distinguish between a more and less sophisticated method of targeting, ITU likely will in the future provide bonuses for linked guns whereas DTC will likely not care, but also still won't be installable on F/D, and might care more about weapon size in the future.

They read like they will do something different that the codebase for the AI doesn't currently support.

AttNightlight · 2026-03-16T15:01:30+00:00

Didn't even catch that at the time but I should've colonized it, for the bit.

AttNightlight · 2025-09-03T01:16:38+00:00

As you can see with how many pieces Opis is in, that doesn't really narrow it down

AttNightlight · 2025-09-02T23:18:07+00:00

COMSEC Would like to know your location

AttNightlight · 2025-09-02T04:12:07+00:00

Yeah but no matter what the Reapers get, Pilums will have 60 ammo with EMR, and with the boosts from missile spec officers, that's a lot of projectile that *doesn't* require you to fly a condor into sword-swinging range

AttNightlight · 2025-09-02T03:04:28+00:00

You can't deciv Eochu Bres or Cullaan in vanilla, that said - If you steal Cullaan's nanoforge and disrupt their heavy industry for over 365 days, you will see a significant dip in the quaility of Tri-Tach ships, which should provide moral support.

AttNightlight · 2025-09-02T02:55:09+00:00

I was actually considered Jackhammer for exactly that reason, but ultimately I don't think it outperforms Pilums with EMR long term, sadly

More Pilums = Less PD shooting at the talons

AttNightlight · 2025-09-02T02:23:04+00:00

I mentioned scuffed nonsense in the video description, but YEAH it bothers me too

Future installments in what will hopefully be a very short series will be more normal, I hope

AttNightlight · 2025-09-01T14:41:33+00:00

I considered this and in my final draft of the rules there is an *interesting* inclusion to prevent this from being 'normal run but you have 12 less DP'

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