Observatory

Function: reveals nearby enemies (even when cloaked), allows scanner sweeps, distress beacons, and research of motion tracking.

: Responding to the command blindness caused by nano-gridlock, the TSA science corps developed the observatory. Adapted from sensor and surveillance components used by the TSA fleet to detect minute gravitational disturbances (like incoming missiles, other ships in "silent running", or even movement inside bases or space-facilities), when the observatory deploys its dish, it can detect any movement within its range. By researching sophisticated software and uplink components, the observatory can be linked directly into the command network, allowing enhanced functions like motion tracking and scanner sweeps. The observatory also provides the crucial spatial link between phase gates, ensuring that all matter entering the potentiality stream finds its way to a waiting gate. Finally, it can punch through nano-gridlock and fire off a distress beacon to the dropship, requesting reinforcements.

New Structures: Phase gates.