JmOz Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Says it all, what kind of sensors would you put on a VTOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 360-degree Radar. If it's amphibious, Active Sonar. Radio, of course. I've always liked a combo IR / Nightvision HUD. If it's stealthy, I'd consider Telescopic on both Sight and Hearing Groups. And though it's not a sense, add Eidetic Memory for recording the telefoto lens views and parabolic mike sounds. Maybe a remote drone (Clairsentience) for scouting building interiors and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Thompson Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Spatial Awareness (Touch-based for "super sensors"; LIDAR would be vision-based I believe) for ground / cartographic mapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 Definitely some sort of Penetrative Sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 How would you write up Altimeter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 1 hour ago, dmjalund said: How would you write up Altimeter? Detect Hight Of Self? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g3taso Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 3pt Absolute Range Sense is the obvious choice for altitude! In regards to the thread question: (Total: 32 Active Cost, 32 Real Cost) HRRP (Radio Group), Discriminatory, Sense Affected As Sight (+0) plus IR Perception (Sight Group), Discriminatory (Real Cost: 10) plus Transmit with Sight Group (Real Cost: 5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted July 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 Ohh, that's an interesting what g3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Normal eyesight for its security system while on the ground, at a minimum. Otherwise, you’re just asking for trouble with people sabotaging the plane unnoticed every time the team goes into the field. And I want the craft to recognize it’s me coming back even if I’ve had my arm blown off (which, call me paranoid, I’m not confident could happen with radar senses.) 360 degree radar Telescopic vision so you can identify what the radar detected, see tail numbers, look at the landscape you’re flying over, etc. Night vision at a minimum. Since the plane by definition will be operating outdoors rather than underground, I think you could get away with no IR if you’re short on points (even though I like IR). Skill levels to reduce range penalties on sensor powers. A computer to monitor the sensors. Radio to contact air traffic control. Mind link to team members and the HQ’s computer for secure communications. Absolute Range Sense makes sense as an altimeter. (Maybe a limitation that it may only be used as an altimeter?) Absolute Time Sense and Bump of Direction so the craft can detect when and where it is. Eidetic memory for sensor records and for loaded memory like world maps, airport layouts and locations, etc. which would come in handy for operating an aircraft. I’m not a fan of giving aircraft abilities in hearing. I know it’s possible to buy with points but I can’t wrap my brain around a microphone hearing anything but wind when mounted on the outside of a flying plane. If you want to get fancy, you could detect air turbulence which might clue you in to unusual weather, flying villains, invisible flying villains, etc. If the craft operates in outer space, maybe detect faster than light travel to give some heads up on approaching spacecraft. (Yeah to make it useful at real FTL speeds such a power could be insanely expensive due to the distances involved under normal Champions rules. But a craft having that ability is common in sci-fi settings so I’d just GM rule that the ability works and not worry that it detected something that was 898,263 miles away just a second ago.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted July 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Almost all of those already on the ship, thank you. FYI: altimeter would be built as a detect heading, not a detect range (all it does is show your angle to the ground) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 7 hours ago, JmOz said: Almost all of those already on the ship, thank you. FYI: altimeter would be built as a detect heading, not a detect range (all it does is show your angle to the ground) No offense but you might want to look up what an altimeter does.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eepjr24 Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, archer said: No offense but you might want to look up what an altimeter does.... I think maybe Jm meant an attitude indicator, which shows angle to horizon, among other things. - E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) 22 minutes ago, eepjr24 said: I think maybe Jm meant an attitude indicator, which shows angle to horizon, among other things. - E Edited July 5, 2018 by archer Duplicate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Just now, archer said: Perhaps so. I used to work in the airline industry and have seen dozens of movies and TV shows with crashing airplanes dramatically displaying on the altimeter the number of feet before impact dwindling...so his statement struck me as odd. In any case, the way they do gadgets these days, an altimeter might be an altitude meter plus show your bearings and cook you a short stack of pancakes. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted July 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Almost all of those already on the ship, thank you. FYI: altimeter would be built as a detect heading, not a detect range (all it does is show your angle to the ground) Sorry it's been 18 years sense I did maintenance on jet aircraft, I was thinking of what we called an atimeter (Attitude Indicator) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 27 minutes ago, JmOz said: Almost all of those already on the ship, thank you. FYI: altimeter would be built as a detect heading, not a detect range (all it does is show your angle to the ground) Sorry it's been 18 years sense I did maintenance on jet aircraft, I was thinking of what we called an atimeter (Attitude Indicator) NP, it’s been 16 years since I’ve been in a 727 simulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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