If a pilot spots another ship will they be able to project the target's vector and send that to other players? OR will we have to describe the target's vector?asked by Rockglen
TL;DRDescribing a target's vector by voice is hard in 3D, but a Hornet Tracker is good at detecting and targeting and can pass that information on, with a better communications ship relaying it to the wider fleet.
I would love to hear you describe the target's vector. It's incredibly difficult in the 3D space we're working with. That's one of the things the Hornet Tracker is particularly well suited for. What's described here is 2 different systems, there's the targeting system and the comms system. The hornet tracker for example is very good at detecting and targeting other ships, then transmitting that information to your ship. So if you have this ship on your radar, and I do not, you can fix that.
Like you're saying that with comms, if a hornet tracker has the advantage with detecting and tracking targets, it might not be the best with communicating that, so if there was an allied herald for example, that'll be a much better communications ship, so you would want the tracker to send the info to the herald, then the herald sends its out to the rest of the fleet. Teamwork!