Sensor masks were devices added to starships so that they would be more difficult for other vessels to detect.
Characteristics
When active, sensor masks monitored the sensor conditions around a ship, and superimposed these signals on top of the ship's sensor profile. This fooled sensor scans into seeing a single and uninterrupted section of space - and allowed ships to operate extremely close to sensors and scanners without being detected electronically - though it did nothing against visual detection.
History
The bounty hunters 4-LOM and Zuckuss had a sensor mask installed on their ship, the Mist Hunter.
Appearances
"Shintel Downtime" — The DarkStryder Campaign (Reprinted and collected in The DarkStryder Campaign, Deluxe)- "Blaze of Glory" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 8 (reprinted in Tales from the Empire and Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club)
Sources
- Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts
- Flashpoint! Brak Sector (as sensor masking system)
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
- 1996 Topps Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Card: Slave I (backup link)
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire toy line (Pack: Boba Fett's Slave I) (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- Pirates & Privateers
- Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
- Cracken's Threat Dossier
- Star Wars: Pilots & Spacecraft
- "Harbingers of Doom" — Star Wars Gamer 7
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