Sensor Outpost

Sensor Outposts are various installations that detect activity around the perimeter of an area. They often serve as an early-warning system for bases if a vehicle not registered to the base is approaching the area. They do have their weaknesses, however: They are primarily electronic, thus they often are vulnerable to well-placed ion cannon shots, and they also are less effective in dark environments such as nighttime.

The Galactic Empire utilized these outposts on Prefsbelt IV near their Imperial Academy, in order to detect would-be intruders. Because of this, Rogue Squadron, when infiltrating Prefsbelt IV, had to either evade or disable the Sensor Outposts in order to pass through the perimeter without being caught.

Behind the scenes
Because of the nature of the mission being dependent on the Gamecube's clock in Rogue Leader and Rebel Strike, the method in which the player has to take out the devices is depicted differently depending on the time of day the player is playing it: If the mission takes place during the daytime, the player, in Y-wings, has to use the Y-wing's ion cannon to disable the sensors long enough to pass by them undetected, and if the mission is done at night time, the player has to use snowspeeders to pass by the Sensor Outposts undetected at the dead of night.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike