Echir Decoy Drone

Zakalwe · Dec 20, 2007

Alright, the newest force multiplier style development for Elysia:

https://wiki.stararmy.com/doku.php?id=faction:elysia:military:equipment:drones:echir

I hope you like it.

Zakalwe · Dec 23, 2007

Been up three days and no comment? Is there some proceeding that should be taking place?

MissingNo · Dec 23, 2007

offsite source said:
The main defensive device is called the "crybaby". Housed in a...coffee can, the crybaby gives off a radio signal and electromagnetic signature that mimics a spacecraft in distress, requiring scanning pursuers to visually inspect the device to uncover the deception. The crybaby can also be outfitted with small, one-shot thrusters to give it the appearance of being a ship in flight.

Wouldn't a smaller drone with a very good cloak be more cost-effective than a somewhat full-sized drone that is going to be cloaked most of the time anyway?

Gamerofthegame · Dec 23, 2007

I was about to give him flak thinking he stole the Crybaby of Firefly and gave a new name to it, there, Missing. Till I saw the 'Other source'.

But yeah... Albeit maybe not a military grade decoy with a smaller size.

MissingNo · Dec 23, 2007

Lol. I was going to leave that quote uncited, now I'm glad I put something up there...

Zakalwe · Dec 24, 2007

I think this works because 1, I don't really understand how cloaking technology works so I'm careful with it. 2, This is rather resistant to scanning. Even without the volumetric component of its mimicary system it has a fairly good deceptive capability.

That and this is designed to be rather cheap.

Andrew · Dec 26, 2007

Approved for IC usage.

FrostJaeger · Oct 14, 2017

Added OOC Notes to the article.

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