Signature Spoofing

Description
A stealth technology that allows the Flight Director's message to the pilot to appear to come from a different agency.



Cost
- One FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS and one FUNDAMENTAL ALGORITHM research

Impact
Once purchased the Flight Director can, instead of sending a regular transmission to the shuttle, send a 'spoofed' transmission. This transmission is exactly like a normal transmission, except the shuttle pilot is misinformed about its source. For example, the Flight Director of the ESA might send the following, unwise, message:

"Transmit Channel B - You are a worthless pilot and I hope you crash"

This would result in the pilot receiving the following message:

Instead, the Flight Director of the ESA might send the following crafty message "Spoof NASA Channel B - You are a worthless pilot and I hope you crash".

This would result in the pilot receiving the following message and perhaps taking some retaliatory action in response:

Future Research
The concept of spoofing a signal is intriguing to your scientists; could there perhaps be some way to spoof an extra-terrestrial signal and take control of the shuttle's messaging to earth? Perhaps after the experience of researching Signature Spoofing, your scientists could turn their attention to Active Message Cloaking?

Research Directors may want to think about whether there are any ways to manage the risk of other agencies spoofing their messages, and pass on these considerations to their Flight Director