IFF System

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Overview

The IFF (Identification, friend or foe) system, a flight grid scanner, comes fitted with every craft deemed space-worthy as it is integral to both navigation and combat. It is a sophisticated instrument that displays a 3D view of space in the immediate vicinity of your ship as seen from a point above it, and all other objects within.

If a ship within the scan range should broadcast a message, the IFF system will translate this as a ripple effect that will surround the flag of the communicating ship.

Legend

  • White - Unpowered items that can't mass-lock the in-system drive.
  • Yellow - Powered craft.
  • Red - Powered craft identified as hostile.
  • Purple - Police.
  • Green - Space stations.
  • Light blue - Missile.
  • Blue/Red - Police on intercept.
  • Green/Yellow - Navigation buoys.
  • Green/Red - Thargoids.
  • Red/Yellow - Active Q bomb (about to detonate).
  • Blue/Light blue - Wormhole.