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Is it going to be possible to hide our ship names and ourselves, like broadcasting no transponder?

TL;DREveryone is meant to emit a signature carrying their information, readable only within range and harder in areas like gas clouds, with party and org members always receiving it; hiding identity is a long-term plan, not coming soon.

Richard TyrerCore Gameplay Director

Well, the premise long term, especially around radar and scanning, is that everybody should have a certain signature that they emit. That signature will obviously contain information because by UEE law, you have to send it out. So when you scan something, you will obviously be able to find that information, but you have to be within a certain range to get that signature reading. And the ambient of the area that they're in, so if they're in the Coil or they're in a gas cloud or something like that, then it's going to be harder to get that information. But then obviously, if they're in your party or they're in your guild or org or that kind of thing, then that information will be transmitted to you. I know that we've talked a lot of times about bounty hunting and spoofing signals and things like that. So there's definitely long-term plans around hiding your identity, but it's not coming anytime soon.

Star Citizen Live›All About Alpha 3.13·
Published on this date.9 Apr 2021