aaaaaa50 wrote:Russian Rockman wrote:Interesting thought. If we invented cloaking it wouldn't even be very useful on Earth because you can still use sound to locate things, like with Radar. It would work in space though because there is no way for sound to travel. Unless there is something like Radio waves that could maybe bounce off the ship. Also, love the name "Subspace Scanners"
You're thinking of Sonar, which is usually used underwater. Radar uses radio waves, which because they're a form of electromagnetic radiation are actually light waves.
Derp, Yes I knew that sorry... *facepalm* Yes I was referring to sonar or echolocation of any kind which can be used underwater of on land. It would not work in space because there is no air to carry sound waves, I believe.
Radar would probably work in space. That's what I meant.
EDIT: Another interesting thought. Assume that "Subspace Scanners" was an anti-cloaking augment. "Subspace," according to Wikipedia, is sort of a parallel universe in Sci-Fi. So this is inferring that FTL Cloaking works by sending the ship to Subspace. Maybe that explains why Cloaking allows you to magically dodge already incomming projectiles and especially giant asteroids...