Sinclair cleared throat, taking a seat of her own. "I'm assuming you were appraised of the basics?"
It all depended on what he wasn't aware of and what he needed to know. Anything could have been on the one-page brief he received. Still, what wasn't known she could fill in and began to do so. A basic history of it arising from a new form of sensory detection, only for... Unexpected benefits to be discovered along the way.
Benefits perfect for use against anything electronic.
And surgically precise.
"Up the scale, provided you've got the power and, well, the benefits are enormous," she continued. "Especially on a ship with, say, a nuclear reactor. Burning through jamming with DRADIS can be done on a similar principle - except, with this, you can use it offensively, too: Detection and weapons system, all in one. Not just with one vehicle against another, either. I'm talking about foiling guidance systems and preventing detonation of warheads. Hell, you could even use it for planetary missile defence, so long as you don't mind falling debris... But full-scale deployment was hinging on the latest test results. Results we were going to discuss before the attacks."
A concerned look was given.
"It's enough to make you half-worried the Cylons somehow knew and took it as an excuse for all this..."