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Transponder Baffler

Smilin' Drex Furlow's custom built Transponder Baffler costs 15,000 credits and comes completely installed and tested by Drex's technicians.  When activated, the baffler will sufficiently spam your transponder code to the point that it will make identification of your ship much much more difficult as follows:

Range

Difficulty for normal opponents

Difficulty for military opponents

Passive

Heroic +10

Heroic +5

Scan

Heroic

Heroic

Search

Very Difficult

Very Difficult

Focus

Difficult

Difficult

It is important to note that the closer an opponent ship gets to you, the better their sensors are able to filter out the garbage which your transponder baffler is sending along with your transponder code.  It is also important to note that most all military starships have superior sensors and much better trained sensor operators.   Remember, too, that if you are running with a sensor baffler on, you are broadcasting very loudly and very clearly that you do not want to be identified.   Many people, notably the Empire, consider this a challenge to make sure that your ship gets identified.  Use with extreme caution.

Normal Transponder Signal

Baffled Transponder Signal

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