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Old 04-03-2016, 04:10 PM   #6
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Default Re: [Spaceships] Fighter Pilot Campiagn

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Originally Posted by scc View Post
I don't think this is as much of an issue. For you to be detected they not only have to be looking in your direction but realize your drive flare shouldn't have occurred, both of which are very unlikely.
Note that the range of detecting something using energy is space are really long.

If you use a setting with stupid computers, then yes the probability of detection is lot lower as human lookouts get bored, can look in wrong directions and such.. But any sort of automated sensor will detect things way too far against the cold of space and classifying them is also trivial.
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