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Originally Posted by warellis
If one has reactionless engines, a refrigerated hull, & some form of heat sinks, how much easier is it to have some type of "stealth" in space?
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I think Stealth Hull is supposed to represent things like a refrigerated hull. It'd have to, wouldn't it? Having a low radar profile is nice, but not useful if people aren't using active sensors (and by default, active sensors aren't very useful, especially at the ranges we're talking about). You're trying to avoid detection by passive (EM) sensors.
Of course, when you mention "heat sinks" that makes me think of reactors more powerful than the fuel cells that are your default form of power generation for a typical stealth hull (due to the limitation it has on a maximum IR signature). How would people feel about a heat sink reducing the IR signature of a ship?