[Spaceships] Atmospheric Sensor and Comm Range?

[Celti]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Greetings, all!

Does anybody know what would be the plausible multipliers for passive/active sensor ranges in atmosphere? Particularly things like Over-The-Horizon RADAR, emissions detection, LIDAR, and optics? Same goes for radio and beam comms.

Thanks in advance!

Any plausible spacecraft C/S array is going to have range clear out to the horizon for all active sensors and comms even in fairly dense atmospheres. Optics are optics in space or air, you've got whatever Telescopic Vision rating your array gets you. For things like over-the-horizon radar I would require a special system and/or design switch for funky sensors, or maybe let an Enhanced array do it; not being currently aware of the capabilities of such systems, I cannot offer any guidelines as to a multiplier.