Editing Thermal Sensor (section)

==Usage==
Thermal sensors are used to detect enemy targets. Thermal signatures tend to be weaker than EM signatures, meaning that their effective detection range is shorter than [[EM Sensor]]s. However, virtually everything has a thermal signature, unlike EM signatures (which can easily be avoided), so the all-round ability to detect almost anything sentient makes thermal sensors an excellent addition to survey and scout vessels.

In [[CSharp|C#]], thermal sensors of size 1 [[HS]] or less are [[commercial components]], while any that are larger than 1 HS are military components. Ships have no innate sensors, so they can only detect thermal signatures if they mount a dedicated thermal sensor. 

In [[VB6]], all thermal sensors are military components. To allow commercial vessels some basic vision, every ship has a default thermal rating of 1, which can be increased by the addition of a dedicated thermal sensor.