ship stealth

[steep tangle]

what measures would i have to go through to make my ship as stealthy as possible, as in make it harder to detect when iff is off (without compromising major systems)

[frozen maple]

no shields

no FTL

use solar pannels and try to use the smalles ammount of power possible

no gunnery too

[steep tangle]

would it be possible to like unwrench or set up a switch

to toggle

[frozen maple]

if you have a tiny ship, autopilot can already handle speeds of up to 900

[steep tangle]

hmm

oh and size right

?

[frozen maple]

okay..

lemme just

make a stealthy ship

[untold raptor]

I thought Gunnery consoles had their thermals removed

[frozen maple]

when you shoot the guns thats the problem

its just to prevent you from doing that

incase you forget

@steep tangle 31 min of run time

will need periodic recharges

[steep tangle]

i see..

[frozen maple]

Visible on mass within 58M

enjoy the stealth pod

okay nvm

it has roughly 120 min run time

with advanced SMES

[steep tangle]

thermal sig or the outline..

[frozen maple]

it doesent have a thermal sig

it just pops out

[steep tangle]

lmao

seems like a minor balancing oversight

[frozen maple]

shhh

they dont know

[steep tangle]

wtf the shiv just pops up only at like 310 meters

no thermal sig even

ok but handheld and radar consoles have different detection ranges

[frozen maple]

il try shuttle radar now

okay so with gen

[steep tangle]

the overwatch radar looks like its the best, elite/advanced second best, shuttle console/gunnery console third best, and handheld mass scanner worst

[frozen maple]

Handheld: 58M
Advanced radar: 118M
Elite radar: 158M
Overwatch radar: 316M

Shuttle is roughly 68M

[steep tangle]

ok..

probably not that important cause no one uses the radar except for at military outposts

[frozen maple]

final layout

dont mind the HV

you only need LV

wait..

okay THIS is the final layout with only LV

ignore the HV on it

[steep tangle]

how does shiv have such great stealth stats despite having gunnery console and a pinch reactor

[frozen maple]

idk

[steep tangle]

maybe its power draw and not the generator itself

[open condor]

gunnery doesnt effect

anymore

it has been made childs play to go stealth

[steep tangle]

looking at the code it looks like FTL drives dont affect thermal sig unless you use them

well other than the power draw

[open condor]

pre fracture ones have values that are set over to 25km

just the drive itself

[steep tangle]

o ok nvm

it just increases thermal sig when you use them

[open condor]

lol no

they have passiev too

even the default

nevermind

default adds 2.8km thermal upon warp

iits gone

theres no more passive signature on them

amazing

[steep tangle]

wtf ok

i think the only thing you need to worry about is shields and power draw and entity count for stealth then?

and shooting guns i guess but like who cares

i dont see anything custom for shields but they take a lot of power draw anyway

[short orchid]

@frozen maple what makes a stealthy ship stealthy exactly

aren't all ships detectable no matter what

[open condor]

lol noob

[short orchid]

watch it buddy i have a wolf inside of me

[frozen maple]

okay, so each machine/building has a thermal signature, if theyre all on the same grid then they add to the total thermal sig on the grid

[short orchid]

I see

I had no clue

[amber cedar]

funny artifact

indefinite operational time with artifact generator effect