Heh. The way I saw it, they know how GENOM builds the boomer scanner suites. So the EM generator is pulsing at random to screw up sensor systems, and the EW emitter is occasionally creating a high-return sensor pulse of what seems to be the Red Saber... but bouncing off of some random piece of metal elsewhere in the garage. And its emitter - inside the generator - is spinning, so the pulses its bouncing off of things are firing off in random directions. Especially when you factor in Reika's acrobatics.
Sure they'd have pure visual pickups, but in the first OAV, when you see the boomer about to attack the ADP in the opening song, you see it extend sensor probes before firing. It isn't unreasonable to assume the standard GENOM combat package places less value on the Mark 2 eyeball in the boomer, and more on the sensor systems, which allow it all sorts of enhanced optics settings. Which doesn't help when you're being jammed.
Also, these are all reactivated, and probably somewhat limited, given they're also under someone else's control. It was hinted at a few times, like when Silver Yoshida thought about trying to coordinate his boomer tools by loading in performance software from the blue saber, and making his situation worse.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.
Sure they'd have pure visual pickups, but in the first OAV, when you see the boomer about to attack the ADP in the opening song, you see it extend sensor probes before firing. It isn't unreasonable to assume the standard GENOM combat package places less value on the Mark 2 eyeball in the boomer, and more on the sensor systems, which allow it all sorts of enhanced optics settings. Which doesn't help when you're being jammed.
Also, these are all reactivated, and probably somewhat limited, given they're also under someone else's control. It was hinted at a few times, like when Silver Yoshida thought about trying to coordinate his boomer tools by loading in performance software from the blue saber, and making his situation worse.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.