Sensor Shroud

The sensor shroud is a new and ingenious device building on old technologies. It is primarily an active stealth system which diffuses the emissions of the ship fitted with the shroud, making it difficult to detect. But it also uses the sensor jam emissions it sends out as a form of short-range sensor. Since it works as an active sensor system it is effective in pinpointing enemy ships in the immediate surrouding space, but the range is limited simply because the shroud would be counter-productive and make detection easier instead of harder if it sent out its emissions beyond short range. What makes this device so useful is that using active sensors are usually detrimental to maintaining stealth; not so in the case of the shroud.

The sensor shroud came into use shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong war and was used with good results, both for spying in enemy territory and as a detection system. The shroud presented here is an early model with moderate efficiency.


Name/Type: Sensor Shroud
Designer/Manufacturer: Multiple, with varying details
Designation: Active Stealth and Short-Range Sensor System.
Efficiency Rating (sensor): 80 %
Efficiency Rating (stealth): 40 %