If a ship is out of radar range, such that it does not show on radar, make the sector list still include the distance, so that with minor effort, you can determine the general direction to the ship.

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-1 use yer eyeballs.

what is the rationale for being able to determine distance outside of radar range?

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-1 this would come under the heading of "unnecesary dev magic" and, unreasonable at that.

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If its out of radar range, means there are no beams reflect from said object. Therefore you cannot ever know the distance since you cant "see" it.