Description
Passive Emission Catalogs identifies ships and installations from characteristic heat, radio, and drive signatures. Win information asymmetry through persistent observation, covert access, and fleets that act on fresh intelligence.
Benefits
Sensor strength Empire-wide+2%
Sensors Unlocks
Strategy notes
Passive Emission Catalogs develops the Sensing discipline within Reconnaissance and Espionage. Win information asymmetry through persistent observation, covert access, and fleets that act on fresh intelligence. Its immediate value is +2% sensing range; unlocks Sensors. The principal counterpressure is that counterintelligence, deception, compartmentalization, and cheap decoys can waste its expensive collection network.
Player hints
This is an inexpensive path entry. Research it early when you want to test this direction without sacrificing strategic flexibility. Favor this technology when its Sensing benefits reinforce your current economy, fleets, or frontier. Pause the branch if its expected RP per tick is too diluted or its resource costs would stall higher-priority projects.
Research cost
1.5KRP
1.2KCredits
112Common
300Rare
225Strategic
112Fuel