[TL;DR] Electronic Warfare

[Napper198]

Original article with some pretty pictures. This is part one that focuses mostly on signatures. Part 2 will include actual hacking and will follow later.
 
 
Signatures 
Infrared: All ship systems generate heat that can be found by infrared cameras. Parts that are heated up (like thrusters) will only cool down over time, so beware.
Electromagnetic: If it consumes or generates power it generates an EM signature that can be found. 
Cross-Section: Or radar signature. The larger the ship the easier it is to locate. Also active scanning makes it easier to get located, even for passive scanners.
Unique Ship Signature: Or transponder. Enforced by law it will send out your ships identifier number.
 
Every component component sends out at least one of these signals. You'll be able to use components with a lower signature but there is always a trade off. Low emission shield are overall weaker, radar scattering armor is not good at taking damage, passive scanners might miss that Freelancer you were hoping to catch and the UEE is not forgiving about transponder that send out wrong or no information at all. 
Speaking of UEE, they require a certain amount of signature while in regulated space.
 
The fancy little radar bubble in front of you is the representation of the combined data your ship has gathered over all its sensors. Depending on the fitted equipment you'll be able to change its behavior to perform a passive, active omnidirectional or active directional scan.
 
Passive scans require next to no power and therefore generate very little signature, perfect for hiding but you may not be able to see @CommanderFett in his cutlass hiding behind the next asteroid.
Active omnidirectional scans will warn you about most surprises but will also give out your position to everyone else who might be listening passively.
Active directional scans gives you more information on an unidentified contact or may reveal contacts you didn't see before but does not provide any information outside its scanning angle.
 
While we're at it, contact states:
Undetectable: your ship is not able to pick up a signal.
Uncertain: May or may not be something.
Unscanned: position confirmed but not yet scanned.
Scanned: all possible information gathered.
 
 
Offensive electronic warfare 
EMP: overloading your enemy's power grid to force some components to reboot.
Data-Spike missiles: once anchored to your targets ship it establishes a data connection so you can hack into its systems.
Distortion: Sucking power right out of the power grid to disable components for a short period of time.
Signal-Intercept: intercepting, rerouting, faking or scrambling enemy communication or scanners
Special equipment: storing data, decrypting or encrypting transmissions
 
 
Defensive electronic warfare 
EM flare: Instead of heat emits a strong EM signature that will confuse EM based missiles.
Heat Chaff: Not as hot as IR flare but with greater coverage.
Data Chaff: Introduces noise to communication so it gets harder to maintain a data connection.
Decoy missile: Mimics the signatures of your ship, however radar signature can not be reproduced.

 

 

Scan shielding

Different armor plates, shields with additional scan scattering, specialty cargo containers or specialty modules can be used to hide whatever you're transporting. I don't ask 

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

In other words...

[Tech_Dreamer]

thanks for the rather interesting post.. *thumbs up*

[rucdoc]

it's gonna be fun

[Napper198]

it's gonna be fun

 

depends on which side you're on.  :lol:

[ozziestig]

Well at least we see a new picture of the Drake Herald.

[Maciek]

I have the herald but I'm thinking about getting an upgrade kit to also have my Vanguard work as a e-war ship.

[rucdoc]

 

so yeah, not my best but it's passable

[rentaspoon]

https://youtu.be/KUBHpT5DlP0

so yeah, not my best but it's passable

Just saw this.. Yay!

Engage tin foil hats

[Maciek]

I'll have my ships refitted to work on steam engines. No computers - no problem.

I also plan on switching from lasers to catapults. All those heralds can kiss my a**.

[Wauthar]

I'll have my ships refitted to work on steam engines. No computers - no problem.

I also plan on switching from lasers to catapults. All those heralds can kiss my a**.

Catapults in space, that'd be interesting

[drewjn]

Catapults in space, that'd be interesting

 

Just lots and lots of rubber bands. All legit, they were tested through the kerbal space program.

[Napper198]

I'll have my ships refitted to work on steam engines. No computers - no problem.

I also plan on switching from lasers to catapults. All those heralds can kiss my a**.

 

Just lots and lots of rubber bands. All legit, they were tested through the kerbal space program.

 

Seem legit: https://youtu.be/Ool1i98Z_J0?t=2m49s