ECM While Docked - Trunk

NorthenderPNE · Post by **NorthenderPNE** » Thu May 13, 2010 2:09 pm

Hi, this has happened since a few Trunk versions past. When i'm docked for a good 10mins or so i get a rather loud ECM sound coming through my speakers. It's not annoying me in any way i just thought i'd point it out.

Or am i going nuts?

Diziet Sma · Post by **Diziet Sma** » Thu May 13, 2010 2:16 pm

There's probably a battle going on outside.. life (and death) in the Ooniverse does go on even when you're docked. if you exit the station quickly enough, you may even get to join in the fight..

NorthenderPNE · Post by **NorthenderPNE** » Thu May 13, 2010 3:35 pm

Surely though if you're docked inside a large station surely they would have sound proofing?

JazHaz · Post by **JazHaz** » Thu May 13, 2010 3:44 pm

NorthenderPNE wrote:
Surely though if you're docked inside a large station surely they would have sound proofing?

In space no-one can hear you scream.

Therefore the ECM is an alarm sounding inside your ship.

NorthenderPNE · Post by **NorthenderPNE** » Thu May 13, 2010 3:51 pm

Therefore the ECM is an alarm sounding inside your ship.

But it isn't an alarm it's an engaged ECM from a ship outside the station. Not very nice when considering i docked my ship and went to the cafe on deck 7 for a brew. And out of nowhere comes a loud ECM going off. Everyone ran for cover, except me of course.

Oh, i did file a complaint to the station master. Doubt he'll follow it up.

Yrol_Denjeah · Post by **Yrol_Denjeah** » Thu May 13, 2010 5:55 pm

A Quote from JazHaz:
"Therefore the ECM is an alarm sounding inside your ship."

Huh? they scan the surroundings of the station and transmit every
ECM-"warning" ( warning? from what? ) to the inside of every ship
docked at the station?

°coughs up letters of styrofoam that form the word
"L O G I C" on the floor after they tumbled to the ground°

It is much more probable, that that is just the pizzabot
demanding a tip.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Thu May 13, 2010 10:01 pm

Yrol_Denjeah wrote:
Huh? they scan the surroundings of the station and transmit every ECM-"warning" ( warning? from what? ) to the inside of every ship docked at the station?

Every ship has a semi-passive ECM detector, which is active at all times. When an ECM wave is detected, an alarm is sent to the captain’s standard neural implant over the local intrawebs. Naturally the ship is connected to the station’s intrawebs when the captain is out and about.

Post by **Kaks** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:10 am

Anywho, you'll be pleased to know that in 1.74 the neuroalarm thingumajig won't be triggered when the captain's enjoying a space drink, or indeed any of the station's amenities & services...

Website · Post by **Cody** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:21 am

Will you still hear distress calls while docked?

Post by **Kaks** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:31 am

Yes, afaik! I really should have said 'the ECM neuroalarm thingumajig', but didn't want to sound too technical!

Post by **Eric Walch** » Sat May 15, 2010 12:00 pm

NorthenderPNE wrote:
Surely though if you're docked inside a large station surely they would have sound proofing?

I saw Ahruman climbing ladders and bolting a kind of foam at the inside of all station walls.

Yrol_Denjeah · Post by **Yrol_Denjeah** » Sat May 15, 2010 12:04 pm

°snickers°
Those must be my coughed up Styrofoam letters.
Ha! L O G I C wins the day... again!

Chrisfs · Post by **Chrisfs** » Sat May 15, 2010 5:44 pm

Ahruman wrote:
Yrol_Denjeah wrote:
Huh? they scan the surroundings of the station and transmit every ECM-"warning" ( warning? from what? ) to the inside of every ship docked at the station?
Every ship has a semi-passive ECM detector, which is active at all times. When an ECM wave is detected, an alarm is sent to the captain’s standard neural implant over the local intrawebs. Naturally the ship is connected to the station’s intrawebs when the captain is out and about.

A master at hand waving if there ever was one.

Yrol_Denjeah · Post by **Yrol_Denjeah** » Sat May 15, 2010 6:36 pm

And yet...
Where is the underlying Logic?

If the sound we hear is a warning that someone
( including our own ) ECM-Pulse hitting our ship/systems,
why would there be such a thing?

To warn us that we, some seconds ago, better not have had fired
a missile, because it might have had been destroyed?
Because the "threat" to such missile would be gone already,
if we would fire it now.

If however, it is some form of feedback the ECM-pulse itself
induces on our ships hull or the electronical systems,
it would not be heard, because we are in the, without doubt,
well protected station.

Dr Beeb · Post by **Dr Beeb** » Sun May 16, 2010 5:29 am

but, isnt it a great feature of the game that you get told (in middle of buying and selling cargo) that there might be a chance to get bonus bounty/kill points just outside?

As for logic, how about it's a warning to station inhabitants that a fight is going on outside that escalated to involve ECM systems being activated. Granted local police and bounty hunters can probably sort it out, but additional help from clean-living volunteers would be appreciated.