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Engagement Radar Cert Icon

Engagement Radar is a utility module available to the Lightning, a passive certification for empire specific fighters, and a hidden passive system for the Dervish. It is auto granted to those aircraft, and is otherwise unlocked and upgraded using Certification Points for the Lightning.

While attached, an engagement radar marks hostile aircraft within the listed range on the player's Head-Up Display, showing that pilot's name and their distance. If the aircraft is off-screen, the marker will clamp to the side of the player's screen in the direction of the target.

The radar does not share locations with players besides the crew of the vehicle. Both of the Dervish's crewmen enjoy the benefits of the radar. The functionality of the radar is identical on all vehicles it can be used on, although the Lightning's variant requires higher ranks of its certification to reach the maximum range of 600 meters.

The Vehicle Stealth defense slot upgrade reduces the range at which an aircraft fitted with it will appear on the radar. Spotting a stealth-equipped aircraft, or an aircraft outside of the maximum range of the radar, will cause the target to be marked on the radar at any range until the spot expires.

This module is active at all times.

Certifications[]

Engagement Radar Cert Icon

"Allows for easy detection and tracking of hostile aircraft by placing indicators over them. When off screen, the indicators will clamp to the edge of the HUD to indicate which direction they are in."

Lightning[]
Rank Cost Description
1 100 Certification Points Causes the HUD to highlight and track hostile aircraft at range of 300 meters.
2 150 Certification Points Causes the HUD to highlight and track hostile aircraft at range of 400 meters.
3 250 Certification Points Causes the HUD to highlight and track hostile aircraft at range of 500 meters.
4 500 Certification Points Causes the HUD to highlight and track hostile aircraft at range of 600 meters.

Empire Specific Fighters[]
Rank Cost Description
1 Auto Granted Causes the HUD to highlight and track hostile aircraft at range of 600 meters.

History[]

December 22, 2016 Hotfix

  • ESF Engagement Radar now appears in the cert list under passives.
  • Now default for all ESF at max rank, certs refunded

January 14, 2016 Update

  • Lightning tanks may now unlock Engagement Radar.

Patch February 27th, 2014

  • Engagement Radar will now track enemies that are no longer on the minimap.

ESF Update January 16, 2014

  • Added to the game.
    • Engagement Radar is a low cost certification that goes into the Utility slot. It provides pilots with increased situational awareness against other aircraft by displaying indicators over nearby enemy aircraft. This indicator will also clamp to the edge of the screen if the target goes off screen, showing the pilot which direction to go if they want to give chase.
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